[volt-nuts] HP 3457A

[Orin Eman]

They shipped the certificate with the 3456A I got from them.  The cal
certificate is from AAA Calibration Equipment Specialist Inc. at a SW
Albuquerque address and is issued to AAA Equipment Resources Inc.
 at a NW Albuquerque address.

I suspect some internal accounting reason or a defense against dishonest
buyers for this.

BTW, they don't list any accreditation on the certificate.

I did once ask if they could cal an 8484A and they said no.

As for the local labs here, I'm not happy with the local Tek lab that I
sent my TDS210 to in its original packaging.  They returned it in a small
box with two layers of bubble wrap.

The Fluke HQ and cal lab is twenty miles from here... I think that's about
as good as it gets, so they might be getting my business in the future.

Orin.



On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Charles Steinmetz <csteinmetz at yandex.com>wrote:

> Orrin wrote:
>
>  Well, lets discuss the 3456A I got from goldenrubi, calibrated.  They
>> send a calibration certificate which claims that their standards are
>> traceable to NIST.  I have no reason to doubt that.
>>
>
> I happened upon one of the seller's auctions, so I checked that one and
> several others.  In the boilerplate of each one I found this:
>
>  WE WILL RE-CALIBRATED THE UNIT BEFORE SHIPPING AND A NIST TRACEABLE
>> CALIBRATION CERTIFICATE, WILL BE PROVIDED AFTER ITEM IS RECEIVED AND IS
>> ACCEPTED AS WORKING WITH IN SPECS. WE WILL MAIL OUT THE CERTIFICATE.
>>
>
> If I understand this correctly, I buy an instrument, the seller
> "calibrates" it before shipment, but doesn't send the calibration
> certificate with the item.  He mails it to me after I "accept[] [the
> instrument] as working within specs."
>
> So, I have to verify the calibration myself, and then this seller will
> send me a "NIST traceable calibration certificate"???  Words cannot express
> how irregular that sounds to me.  I'd be interested to hear about any other
> NIST traceable calibration facility that works this way.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles
>
>
>
>
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