AMEC’s Power and Process
Europe business, provider of
engineering services to the
nuclear and clean energy sectors, is
using advanced test instrumentation
from Seaward to improve the
compliance testing of its own
electrical installations. The company
is using a PowerPlus 1557 combined
electrical testing and certification
system to ensure that new electrical
installations comply with the 17th
Edition wiring regulations.

The PowerPlus 1557 combines the
functions of a conventional
multifunction electrical installation
tester with a data logger to enable
test certificates to be created as
testing is undertaken. It does this by
storing an electronic version of the
test certificate within the tester,
eliminating the need for ‘dummy’
certificates and manual or PDA
recording of test results.

Test data is automatically entered
into the correct certificate fields as
testing is undertaken and can be
validated on-site without the need
for repeat visits.