What do you all use

[Rauer]

What do you use for your Certs?
Pen & paper
Or software if its a software which one and is it expensive/worth the money? Surely there's a cheaper alternative to easycert?
I am after one that preferably does form filling for cheaper than the above!!!

 

[Guitarist]

You've not seen my hand writing!

The boxes are a little small

 

[trev]

Pen and paper while testing then the wife will write them out properly for me because my handwriting is terrible. I keep a copy in excel with a back up on a memory stick

 

[Guest55]

neatly hand written paperwork looks like time and care has been put in
fully printed certs look like a breakdown of your gas bill and have no soul , heart or creativity.
;-)

 

[Elecson]

Amtech software is ok.....Always find pen and paper to be quicker when handing over

 

[Octopus]

Does it fill columns in for you? I.e max zs's etc?

Yes - You need to select the type and the rating of the breakers plus you can elect to show 100% of the permissable maximum or select 80%

If you do EICR's it includes the regs numbers against the faults highlighted.

I think you can download the software and use it for a few days FOC - give it a try.

You can also print to a "pdf" file so you can email the certs to your customer too

 

[somersetsparks]

I work for a large comapny, all my work is done with pen and paper, but it then gets scanned into a computer and a certificate generated.

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I work for a large comapny, all my work is done with pen and paper, but it then gets scanned into a computer and a certificate generated.

 

[Silly Sausage]

neatly hand written paperwork looks like time and care has been put in
fully printed certs look like a breakdown of your gas bill and have no soul , heart or creativity.
;-)

Not too much creativity on your hand written ones I hope!

 

[Guest55]

my lawyer on line 2 would like to talk further about your allegation.
;-)

 

[DurhamSparky]

Creativity!! I think we ALL guilty of a bit creativity!! Like driving off and forgetting to record the Zs of a circuit or forgetting the R2 of your shower circuit lol

 

[ExArmy]

untill now i've been using some of the editable PDF certs on this forum but have been looking to get something better as it's time consuming, and i can't save halfway through and sometimes the PDF crashes, but last week a mate passed on a job to me, he gave me the EICR cert he'd done at the property and explained what needed done etc, and i was amazed at how good the cert looked. and then i asked him how much the software was and he said it was £4 from ebay. so i bought one and it's in the post! looks quite good, theres loads on ebay, a hell of a price difference between them and easycert!

 

[DurhamSparky]

I got a disc from eBay!!! Load of crap and the seller was a Part of the male genitalia!!!

 

[Dean Williams]

i'd hate to do pen and paper, especially on my next EICR. 223 DBs

 

[mayfair]

You talk crap anyway you dont need anything .......cos your testers Knackered LOL

I got a disc from eBay!!! Load of crap and the seller was a Part of the male genitalia!!!

 

[DurhamSparky]

No it works again now!! I used violence against it and it worked again...

Paperwork is for mugs any way!!

 

[Richard Burns]

I created certificates in word laid out the way I wanted them (with fewer pages!) and generally fill them out by hand, if I feel keen I will fill them out on the PC when I get home, but usually not.
Should transfer them to excel for easier computer completion, or set them up as a form in word, but too lazy.