Megger Adds PAT320 Tester To 'Business In A Box'

Megger has added the PAT320 tester to its 'Business in a Box', which provides electrical contractors with an easy and profitable entry into the PAT testing market. The PAT320 combines ease of use with rugged construction and durability. The PAT320 is ready to use in automatic mode straight from the box. It features full-colour displays that show test data and results clearly and unambiguously, while clearly identified pushbuttons initiate test sequences.

A handy pass/fail mode with user-defined limits is also available, which makes routine testing particularly fast and straightforward. In addition to the PAT tester, which is supplied complete with a full set of adaptors and leads, Megger's Business in a Box includes guidance on PAT testing as well as a range of valuable marketing tools. Among these are guides to the types of customers that have a need for PAT testing and hints on how to find such customers in the local area. Sample publicity material - including template letters, flyers and posters, which contractors can easily customise to promote their own businesses - is also provided, along with a pad of PAT test certificates.

Further benefits of the PAT320 tester include a replaceable internal back-up battery that allows operating status to be retained for periods of up to five minutes when the tester is switched off. This is a big time saver, as users can unplug the tester and move around a site without having to go through a lengthy boot procedure every time. In addition, Megger PAT320 testers allow bond testing to be carried out at 200mA, 10 and 25A, and are continuously rated for all currents.

This means that testing will never be held up because the tester has overheated, shut itself down, or switched to a reduced-current operating mode. As well as the default automatic mode, the testers support manual testing and can be used with both 110 and 230V assets. They also offer facilities for testing plug-in RCDs.

To help them get the best possible return on their investment, anyone buying the Business in a Box will be able to access Megger's free technical support line, where the company's experts will provide advice and answer questions on all aspects of PAT testing. Contractors that want to know more about the new Business in a Box are invited to attend one of Megger's 'Money Talks!' events, which are held throughout the UK and focus on ways contractors can improve their income. Full details of dates and venues are available on the Megger website.

Megger Unveils Protection Relay Test Set

Megger has introduced the Freja 306 protection relay test set. It provides an economical system for testing protection relays, including differential types, and has six independently controlled current outputs. The Freja 306 features extended Hi-Current outputs, rugged construction and a wide operating temperature range, making it ideal for field use.

It is suitable for use as a stand-alone device, or in conjunction with a PC running the Freja WIN software package. In either case, the operation of the instrument is straightforward and intuitive, with Freja WIN adding the benefits of a highly intuitive graphical user interface, as well as enhanced options for automated testing. The outputs of the Freja 306 can be configured as 3 x 15A plus 3 x 35A, or as 1 x 100A.

The outputs with a 35A rating are particularly useful when testing 5A relays, while the capability of these outputs of generating up to 50V eases the testing of many types of electromechanical relay. The Freja 306 also provides low-level analogue inputs, designed for transducer measurements, and high-level inputs for normal voltage and current measurements.

Static and dynamic tests can be performed with the instrument including, for example, pre-fault and fault generation, simultaneous ramping of multiple quantities and waveform editing. The Freja 306 can also be used, in conjunction with Freja SIM software, as a disturbance simulator with the capability of importing recorded disturbances.

It complements the Freja 300 protective relay test set, which will continue to be available. Users of Freja 300 instruments can upgrade them to the full Freja 306 specification simply by adding an auxiliary CA30 amplifier module that attaches easily and neatly to the bottom of the instrument.