subject: Pat Testing Equipment – What Are The Choices? [print this page] Pat Testing Equipment What Are The Choices?
There are a lot of choices in PAT testing equipment, and I will cover a few of them in this article. I hope that it will help you to make an educated decision when it comes to buying the tester you require. You can get exactly what you need by doing a little research.
You need to really spend the time doing the research, because these testers do come with a lot of different functions, and you need to know what you need the equipment to do. Once you know that the rest is easy. It is all about looking for the best price on the equipment that does what you need it to, so you have to start by understanding your own requirements first.
There are probably about twenty five different manufactures, and they have different ways of doing the same thing. They will all PAT test your small appliances in the end, but they all get there in different way and with different degrees of detail and extras. Some give you more bells, and whistles, and others are kind of basic and therefore straightforward. What you have got to think about is the more bells and whistles it has, the longer the learning curve will be for training to use it fully. These are things that you need to give some consideration to before committing to buy one.
What are some of the features that I can expect to get in PAT testing equipment?
The features will obviously be based on the budget that you have to spend.
The pat testing equipment can range from a few hundred pounds to over a thousand.
They can have downloadable updates, programmable testing sequences, and many other features, it could take hours to study them all, or even days.
These features make all the difference in performance, and exactly what the equipment will do for you in the end.
The more features, the longer the learning curve.
If your budget can afford the pat testing equipment with the most features, I would suggest getting it. You might decide to go the money saving route, and end up needing to upgrade to get those features. Please think ahead when searching for PAT testing equipment.
I would suggest going with a fairly advanced PAT tester, or a computerized item of pat testing equipment. With either of these two options you are likely to be just fine as they will handle most of your testing needs in the long run.
If you choose the equipment the right way it will last you a long time, I would suggest getting a unit with downloadable upgrades on it. This will make it easier to keep the equipment up to date. If you update regularly you will never be surprised when the equipment fails, because it won't.
In conclusion I have discovered that there are a lot of different options to choose from in PAT testing equipment. If you do the research you can get a unit that will do everything that you need it to, for a price that your budget can handle, and it will last a lifetime.
