nic on site assesment

[flukey]

Hi Flukey
Is this a cal check box ? havent seen them for £20 only over £100 wheres cheapest ?
Regards
Kung.

 

[Guest123]

I got me one of them.

Cheap as chips and does exactly what is says on the tin.

 

[marty1234]

lenny where did you get it

 

[kung]

Where did you get it from ? seen it before but dont remember where.
Regards
Kung

 

[Guest123]

Hey.

I did get mine from CEF, but not for £49.99 though. I got lucky they had so many of them because no-one was buying that they halved the price.

I believe these little fealla's are also available on that auction site for a lot less, well worth a quick search.

 

[iceman]

iv booked my assesment with elecsa today i wanted to go wiv nic but because i had to notify building control prior to my assesment witch was goin to cost me 400quid for my 2jobs major and minor i changed me mind and went the elecsa roote, i spoke to a lady at nic she said thy dont notify buildin control for your first assesment witch i thinks mad because thay are a buildin control body it would of cost me nearly 900 quid to join nic with there fee and buildin control its a joke lol elecsa fee 414 and thts for full scope abit of diffrence dont ya think ;-)

 

[flukey]

iv booked my assesment with elecsa today i wanted to go wiv nic but because i had to notify building control prior to my assesment witch was goin to cost me 400quid for my 2jobs major and minor i changed me mind and went the elecsa roote, i spoke to a lady at nic she said thy dont notify buildin control for your first assesment witch i thinks mad because thay are a buildin control body it would of cost me nearly 900 quid to join nic with there fee and buildin control its a joke lol elecsa fee 414 and thts for full scope abit of diffrence dont ya think ;-)

its your choice to involve labc, as i said before i dont think nic assessor can fail you for not notifying but he will mark it as a non compliance

i chose nic as thats the name that everyone knows and that is their first port of call

my local labc only charge £50 + vat to notify if you are a qualified spark

 

[Spudnik]

mine was an ebay bargain 22 quid delivered. same box in cef 49.99
if you want the details jason let me know and i will pm you

thanks for the offer, but i have just read the latest Elecsa rag and they have a 'CalCard' for £20.

Looks about the size of a credit card and, they say, if you can prove consistent results using this, or any other method, that you neednt have your meters calibrated every year??

Not sure about that to be honest.

 

[Guest123]

No indeed. I check mine every month with my check box and test socket and record results. Then send it away every 12 months to be calibrated properly.

Any more info on this card thingy J??

 

[flukey]

thanks for the offer, but i have just read the latest Elecsa rag and they have a 'CalCard' for £20.

Looks about the size of a credit card and, they say, if you can prove consistent results using this, or any other method, that you neednt have your meters calibrated every year??

Not sure about that to be honest.

thats right jason. nic say that as long as you keep monthly records with one of these gizmos theres no need for annual calibration
my nic assessor said its been 6 years since he had his calibrated
annual calibration is only checking against known values like this anyway

looked at that calcard but reckoned i would have more chance of losing that so went for the bigger more robust box that will always be in my way in the toolbox

 

[iceman]

hi fluky so ya sayin i could book my nic assesment without notifyin labc and i could still pass my assesment???

 

[flukey]

hi fluky so ya sayin i could book my nic assesment without notifyin labc and i could still pass my assesment???

best speak to them first. i was told that it is a non compliance not a failure.
as long as you dont have too many non compliances you should be ok imo

 

[Spudnik]

No indeed. I check mine every month with my check box and test socket and record results. Then send it away every 12 months to be calibrated properly.

Any more info on this card thingy J??

Little bit of info here:

Features of the Calibration Checkbox CalCard Ext1

 

[Guest123]

Mmmm, seems a bit jokey to me.

Think I'll stick with what I've got.

 

[flukey]

Mmmm, seems a bit jokey to me.

Think I'll stick with what I've got.

me too lenny
my ones got proper connections that the leads fit into, these look flat