Why do test equipment suppliers use the xxth edition to plug their stuff

[oracle]

There is no such thing as an 18th edition tester. The Regs are for installation requirements only

The standards for test meters are BS 61010 and BS 61326 and other specific standards but NEVER BS7671

 

[Pete999]

There is no such thing as an 18th edition tester. The Regs are for installation requirements only

The standards for test meters are BS 61010 and BS 61326 and other specific standards but NEVER BS7671

They plug it as the 18th edition testers to make money from the uninformed.

 

[Silly Sausage]

I've got an out-of-cal 17th Fluke mft going spare.
Offers ...

Help me buy my 18th book!

 

[oracle]

I have an old Fluke Multi predating the 14th Edition timeline, a Megger Insulation and Continuity tester equally aged, a Clare PAT tester and an AVO 8 multimeter predating the Flood and I recently had them calibration tested and they ALL passed and have calibration certificates.
I'd like to have them in my car boot when I next get a site visit from the NIC.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

They do it because they understand how Google and the other search engines work, to maximise hits on their site. The same as someone selling say a Megger tester on an auction site, may put the words Fluke and Kewtech in the description, even though they are not supposed to.

 

[oracle]

I've got an out-of-cal 17th Fluke mft going spare.
Offers ...

Help me buy my 18th book!

There was a download pdf in the Resources but I don't see it now

 

[SparkyChick]

The download PDF was removed as it violated the IETs copyright

 

[oracle]

Thank you, I did wonder about it but I suppose the Genie is out of the bottle now.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

You'd still have to buy the book to take the exam, and if you want online reference, provided you know roughly what you're looking for, you'll find it just as quickly on Google as on an online copy of a 550 page PDF.

 

[Diddy]

The answer is in your question "to plug their stuff".

 

[Toneyz]

Mine is 19th ready.

 

[Pete999]

I have an old Fluke Multi predating the 14th Edition timeline, a Megger Insulation and Continuity tester equally aged, a Clare PAT tester and an AVO 8 multimeter predating the Flood and I recently had them calibration tested and they ALL passed and have calibration certificates.
I'd like to have them in my car boot when I next get a site visit from the NIC.

More than likely won't know what the testers are.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

Mine is 19th ready.

So it does mandatory AFDD simulation tests and doesn't present a 'Save' option until said tests have been completed?

 

[Toneyz]

So it does mandatory AFDD simulation tests and doesn't present a 'Save' option until said tests have been completed?

Never said it was 19th Amd1.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I might copy the manufacturers and just as they put 18th edition on the box and charge a bit more. I figure I might put 18th edition qualified on my estimates and print off a shiny new van sticker to show I am the dogs Boll**Ks and have passed my 18th edition, then I too can charge a bit more.

 

[Risteard]

There is no such thing as an 18th edition tester. The Regs are for installation requirements only

The standards for test meters are BS 61010 and BS 61326 and other specific standards but NEVER BS7671

True, although to be pernickety these aren't BS Standards but BS EN Standards...

 

[oracle]

True, although to be pernickety these aren't BS Standards but BS EN Standards...

Are you EN, being Irish? I'm using the new BREXIT edition.

 

[Risteard]

Are you EN, being Irish? I'm using the new BREXIT edition.

LOL. No I'm not EN - I voted for Brexit...

That said I live less than a mile-and-a-half from what will be the border with the EU.

 

[FatAlan]

Surely it’s to do with MFTs with the auto test functions that give you a nice little tick when readings are within the regulated tolerances?