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Sorry Sid it was the Metrel MI3101 rather than the Metrel AT MI3101, doh ......... so the lowest I have found is 709 +vat
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hi sid do you like the auto test function ?
talking to the niceic man he said that you might test in a different order to the meter is this right ? and if so do you get used to the meters way of testing?
does it fill out the complete form (name ,address etc) ?
would you say its quicker than your old mftester ?
so many questions
thanks
john
Z Line – Live/NeutralIm Confused on the "Z Line" Setting.. ive thought this was just for Zs testing.. or am i wrong?
I Have it set to "Z Loop" to do Ze, PEFC & PSCC. My results seem to be as expected.. or are my settings wrong?
What exactly is "Z line" as its not on other MFT's ?
Yes, Z line – PSCC and Z loop – PFC!Cheers Simopesh.
Yes metrel customer service is very good, they've been very helpfull.
So you would use Z-Line for PSCC, anything else?
Have you got the latest firmware then? did they send it to you? I got sent the latest firmware by metrel and they sent me 2.91. Strange..
It is not strange Sid because they only got it last Friday.
there is an automatic insulation resistance test that does tests between all conductors automatical switching between them when you have all your croc clips on the corrasponding conductor... when on this setting it shows up as >30.0 across all if there are no faults...
Would this raise any eyebrows by anyone who was to look at this in the future... if i wrote >30.0 in all boxes on my test results sheet..
I know its very common to put >200 on results for IR tests, My meter when done manualy across conductors shows >1000...
But if i did the Auto setting would there be any problems with putting >30.0
There is no problem with >30 on all lines, why should there be?
My thinking was if the meter shows >30 on the automatic tests then this is noted on the cert in relevant boxes how would you compare any real deterioration across the IR results on future PIR's to the current....
You could measure out >1000 between all conductors, then a year later for what ever reason the result drop right down to say 40 meg, but if the tester only shows greater than 30 meg you would never know how quickly the insulation was deteriorating... If you get what I'm saying... And is this still acceptable ?
IMO - If the test a year later is still showing >30 there is no problem, in fact you can get down to 2 mohms before you need to worry.
I would not worry too much TPES, at >30 you have some play. Like Murdoch pointed out if you going below 2, then worry ... The result is just saying 'hey look we are greater than 30 Mohms' it might well be well above 1000 plus, but the instruments seems to only put out greater than 30 with All insulation... If you are that worried, don't do the All, just do singular tests... I babble alot, so read the bits you need and ignore the rest.. It's Sunday lol
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