The CalCard
Innovative
Test & Measurement Product of the Year
Overall Innovative Product of the Year
Ongoing Calibration Verification
for Electrical Test Instruments.
Ensure the accuracy of your electrical installations with the Calibration Checkbox – CalCard®, the only card solution accepted and approved to meet instrument Ongoing Calibration Verification requirements. As per regulatory guidelines, all professionals involved in the design, construction, maintenance, verification, and testing of electrical systems must maintain records demonstrating the consistency and precision of their test instruments.
The CalCard® provides the seamless Ongoing Calibration Verification (OCV) you need to comply with these important standards. Trusted by industry leaders, this innovative card solution is the reliable, convenient way to safeguard the integrity of your electrical work. Invest in the CalCard® today and confidently demonstrate your commitment to quality and safety. Don’t settle for anything less than the industry’s gold standard in calibration verification.
As specified by IET (Electrotechnical Assessment Specification EAS 21-478, October 2021, Section 16 – Records): –
The Enterprise shall be required to have records demonstrating the consistency and on-going
Read More – EAS 21-478 October 2021, Section 9 Test Instruments
accuracy of test instruments held or hired for the certification of, or for reporting on the condition of,
Electrotechnical work.
As an electrical professional in the UK, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records of your test instrument calibration is not just a best practice, it’s a membership requirement. Enter CalCard, the comprehensive solution that takes the hassle out of tracking and managing your instrument calibration.
This CalCard® is the only card solution to meet these criteria fully and thereby accepted and approved by all regulatory bodies.
Features
- Verifies electrician’s test instrument ongoing calibration accuracy for isolation and continuity.
- Extends the regulation period for instrument calibration from 1 to 3 years. Saving time, money and the inconvenience of two calibrations every three years.
- Satisfies all UK appointed inspectorates requirements.
- Satisfies competent persons requirements as detailed in UK Building Regulations.
- Satisfies applicable requirements for British and European standards and HSE.
Why do Professionals Require a CalCard?
All professionals working in the electrical environment must test and verify their installations as both safe and correct. Professionals achieve this by measuring the insulation and continuity of the installation using calibrated and accurate instruments.
The CalCard® provides the modern solution to Ongoing Calibration Verification (OCV) which used to be provided by the older Calibration Checkbox. It achieves this by verifying the serviceability and ongoing accuracy of an instrument, ensuring it still can make the same truthful resistance readings throughout the time between these formal calibrations period.
The accuracy and serviceability of the instrument when returned from periodic calibration will state it was within calibration parameters, but only at that time only. it certainly could not guarantee that the instrument or its leads and probes would still be fit for purpose at any time after that.
IIn the UK, all industry regulatory, health and safety bodies required electricians to perform a monthly procedural test to verify instruments ongoing accuracy test, eventually it became an integral part of the compliance requirements for all electricians.