safety checks

[lofty84]

I appologise for this as I should know but what are the safety checks you would make on test instruments before commencing testing

Im thinking to check for damage on both the body of the instrument to be used and leads if they are to be used and make sure the instument is fuctioning

makeing sure that there is only 2mm of exposed metal on probes

and thats all I can think of

 

[brucelee]

sounds good to me mate and calibrated

 

[i=p/u]

and you can get away with upto 4 mm on test probes

 

[ejmoore]

Calabration seal intack

 

[oldtimer]

1. Make sure your leads are in good condition ie no nicks cuts joint
2. Check your tester most have battery checks on them.
3. Check the tester is working ie continuity test with both leads joined.
4. Test on a known source .
5. And as trigger would say look after your tester.........................................

 

[Knobhead]

What happened to two bits of wire soldered to a 15 watt lamp? A bit of tape made it safe(ish).

 

[lofty84]

Cheers for all the help guys very appreciated, just out of curiosity is this in the bs7671 anywhere

 

[John Blaze]

What happened to the good ol' days of getting the apprentice to use the equipment first....

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Cheers for all the help guys very appreciated, just out of curiosity is this in the bs7671 anywhere

Procedures for Inspection and testing are found in GN3.
The 2391 basically requires you to know GN3 off by heart.

 

[Phil]

gs38 pdf

 

[Knobhead]

What happened to the good ol' days of getting the apprentice to use the equipment first....

Sounds good to me, apprentices are expendable.

 

[brucelee]

yes its all in GN3 and
GS38 as phil has provided

 

[John Blaze]

Sounds good to me, apprentices are expendable.

Was even better when we had the YTS scheme, cheap slave labour, I can remeber it well