We should not knock the recording of test data just because some do not see the point in doing it. The amount of data is not that high, especially if IEC 62353 is adopted. After all if we go by what many are saying that equipment never fails electrical safety tests then why bother testing at all?
If kit never fails, maybe it's because it's being well maintained.
But I'm interested in the
where's and
how's of recording EST results. Primarily in the tester itself, I should imagine ... but then what? Downloading into a PC? Which software? What is the (file) format? Can the data be analyzed easily, and retrospectively,
etc., etc.Also, if a guy doesn't have the latest tester, how does he check against the earlier results (if indeed this is worth the effort ... personally I doubt it ... it kit passes it passes, if it fails it fails, regardless of what was going on at the previous I/PM).
