In message 
<de87437fe365cb458c265ea3d73b6f1d03519...@xbc-mail1.xantrex.com>, dated 
Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Ralph McDiarmid <ralph.mcdiar...@xantrex.com> writes:

>I can see that measurement tolerance from OATs-to-OATs could result in 
>a pass at one site and a failure at another, for the same test sample. 
>An unscrupulous company might be tempted to 'shop around' for a pass.

It's a costly procedure. Don't imagine for a moment, of course, that 
test houses talk to each other about peripatetic clients.(;-)
>
>So, one if left wondering what compliance with the limits really means.

Tara!!! It is like measuring Jello with a micrometer. The only saving 
grace is that what we do at present seems to work, most of the time.
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John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK

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