On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:27:22 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:40:14 +0000, Lurch
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:09:54 +0000, Andy Hall
strung together this:

Interesting to note that this outfit offers multifunction testers on
rental for typically £8/day.

By the time you've added on delivery for both egs, insurance and some
other stuff it turns out at nearer £75 per day, I tried it once with a
PAT tester.

I see your point though.

It seems that the starting point to buy a complete set of testers
(unless I've missed something) is around £650 net, a bit more for a
multifunction single tester.

One would need to do quite a bit of testing on a DIY basis to justify
this cost. I guess that on Ebay or something they would be a little
less.

The initial outlay is only the start. Stuff like this needs to be
periodically calibrated, and that isn't exactly cheap, although you
can do certain confidence checks yourself.

--
Frank Erskine