Calibration Poll

[Former Sponsor TM]

What about west of Scotland, we always get humped for delivery or companies refuse to do deliver?

I'll check but we've sent out hundreds of DPD consignments to Scottish highlands and remote areas. Some areas carry an extra day or so for shipping, but I'll confirm this if you can let me know your postcode.

 

[mpb]

I haven't used the poll because there wasn't an option for me.

My MFT is £60 and PAT tester was £50.

Dropped into the Calibration Center in Stafford (15 minutes from Home) and collected the next day.

Martin

 

[plugsandsparks]

I am reasonably close to OEM service dept. So I drop it off in the morning, go and have breakfast, make a few calls and collect a few hours later. Works for me as I can need the MFT at very short notice so 2-3 or 4 or 5 days without does not work

 

[Engineer54]

I am reasonably close to OEM service dept. So I drop it off in the morning, go and have breakfast, make a few calls and collect a few hours later. Works for me as I can need the MFT at very short notice so 2-3 or 4 or 5 days without does not work

Fine if all you want is a sticker on your MFT, but the certificate itself will be next to worthless!!

 

[Former Sponsor TM]

I can appreciate that time and location is key to some of you.

Don't shoot me down - I'm simply offering a service which is flexible, affordable and also takes the hassle away from you having to think about what courier to send a unit with, what insurance options are available etc.

Part of the calibration process is allowing measurement equipment to acclimatise to the environment it is being calibrated in. A four hour period is recommended, but we tend to allow twelve hours. Taking this into consideration, I don't think a 2-3 day turnaround is a bad service to offer, and more often than not this also allows for delivery times.

I'm not sure how 15 minute calibration vans and same day services work, perhaps you can shed some light on this? We're not aiming to offer a service which is worth toffee; I would personally want to trust that the readings provided by my test equipment are 100% accurate - the service we offer is one that has been audited to national standards and is UKAS traceable.

As above, if you just want a sticker to satisfy annual assessment, please make sure you are keeping your own records of test results using a checkbox or dedicated circuit to make sure your test results are not deviating.

 

[Geordie Spark]

What about west of Scotland, we always get humped for delivery or companies refuse to do deliver?

A couple of bottles of your finest whiskey delivered to the checkpoint at Hadrian's Wall may help.

 

[123]

If a 4-12 hour period is needed for the tester to acclimatise to the site conditions, should we all not be leaving our equipment at the job the day before where it will be needed?

Or if its local work and the conditions are similar so its ok...whats the issue with popping into the local wholesalers to do it?

 

[davesparks]

Yes you do have to have your testers on site for a while before using them for them to acclimatise.
When it's a warm site and the tester is coming out of a cold van bring it in first thing in the morning and leave it to warm up then do the testing after lunch.
Or have take the tester indoors overnight beforehand and then in the front of the van where it is warmer to travel to site.

 

[Rockingit]

I almost ended up having a punch up with an NICEIC inspector over this - was my annual inspection in the winter, seriously freezing and I took him out to a building plot where I was doing new-builds, so two jobs in one hit. He asks me to do some tests, so I replied that I couldn't, as the temp gauge in the van was minus something and we're not supposed to test significantly below average temps as the results are unreliable. The look on his face was a picture!

 

[Midwest]

Know this threads a bit old, but it is a sticky. I paid £70 at my wholesalers for my last calibration. This year, I was lucky/unlucky cos' my mft went faulty and had to go back to Megger, and was recalibrated then. Test Meter, how is collection arranged? I'm 50 miles away from my nearest DPD depot, and I struggled to return my mft to Megger under Royal Mails 2kg limit.

 

[shanky887614]

Know this threads a bit old, but it is a sticky. I paid £70 at my wholesalers for my last calibration. This year, I was lucky/unlucky cos' my mft went faulty and had to go back to Megger, and was recalibrated then. Test Meter, how is collection arranged? I'm 50 miles away from my nearest DPD depot, and I struggled to return my mft to Megger under Royal Mails 2kg limit.

have a look at apc,yodel ups etc

apc is my favorite though

 

[HandySparks]

...Test Meter, how is collection arranged? I'm 50 miles away from my nearest DPD depot, and I struggled to return my mft to Megger under Royal Mails 2kg limit.

Give Test Meter a call. They'll arrange to collect from your home or workplace. They've got my MFT for calibration right now. (I wasn't planning on doing any work over the Christmas and New year hols.)

 

[HandySparks]

Give Test Meter a call. They'll arrange to collect from your home or workplace. They've got my MFT for calibration right now. (I wasn't planning on doing any work over the Christmas and New year hols.)

Ha Ha.

Since this thread has popped to the top again (presumably due to a deleted spam post or similar), I'll just mention that I got Test Meter to do mine over the Christmas break again this year.

 

[Midwest]

I've been using one of those Calcards, since my MFT was last calibrated end of 2014. Monthly checks have been consisted. Elecsa assessor happy with that for 3 years, apparently.

 

[Skimpy Wan]

Think I'll be getting one of those Calcards ordered tonight after my Check Box was "borrowed" recently!!

Smaller and good reviews from what I can see following a Google search.