EMEX: NZ’s Largest Manufacturing and Engineering Industry Trade Show Happening This 5-7 May 2020
Celebrating over 40 years of engineering excellence, Engineering, Machinery & Electronics Exhibition (EMEX), will again showcase great advances in technology in the manufacturing and engineering industry in a three-day event this coming 5 to 7 of May 2020 at ASB Showgrounds, Auckland. As the largest manufacturing and engineering trade […]
PAT Tester With Printer
Are you looking for the best Portable Appliance Tester (PAT) in the market? Do you want to do the testing yourself? At Metrotest Electrical Safety, you not only find products to purchase, you can also get training to go with them you’re guided and safe. What Are Portable Appliance Testers? […]
Test and Tag Equipment Suppliers
Metrotest is your industry professional partner in product supply and training. Metrotest is the leader in test and tag equipment. They have the latest products and services when it comes to testing and tagging. Here are 5 of the most in-demand test and tag equipment on Metrotest: Sonel Metro EasiPAT […]
Visit Metrotest at Field Days
Visit Metrotest at Fieldays. 10 – 13 June, 2020. Fieldays is the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event! Field Days is the biggest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere. It is where people and organizations launch cutting edge technology and innovation. From towns folks to foreigners from across the globe, Field […]
What Is the Difference Between RCD and PRCD?
Electricity powers the things we use in our day to day lives and is all around us. It powers our lights, electric stoves, computers, televisions, and even the internet. Electricity is a type of energy that results from charged particles like an electron or proton, and can be accumulated (static), […]
Update to AS/NZS 3012:2019 Standard
AS/NZS 3012:2019 Electrical installations- Construction and demolition sites. You may have heard that there have been some changes to test and tag standards around New Zealand and Australia. This rumour comes around every so often and generally with no merit however there has recently been a new version of the […]
Metrel DeltaPAT Review
The Metrel DeltaPAT has been on the market for many years, it enables compliance with ASNZS3760 is very quick and easy to use in most testing situations, it was when introduced to the Australian NZ market by Metrel, there first compliance only PAT, previous models such as the AlphaPAT had […]
Do You Need To Be A Registered Electrician To Test and Tag?
A post about an upcoming Test and Tag Competency event on our Metrotest Facebook page motivated one electrician to call us “Shysters” and less publishable names. He went so far as to do this publicly on our page and named us on his. To add insult to injury, he also […]
Earth Leakage Testing
Appliance testing is becoming a common practice in New Zealand. Businesses and companies usually do it to ensure electrical equipment and portable appliances in the workplace are safe to use and complies with electrical safety regulations and standards. Tests that are typically done include a visual inspection, earth bond or […]
What Is a Residual Current Device?
Introduction A residual-current device (RCD) or residual-current circuit breaker (RCCB) is a device that quickly breaks an electrical circuit to prevent grave harm from an ongoing electric shock. An RCD is designed to automatically and quickly disconnect a circuit as soon as it detects that the electric current is not […]