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 <[email protected]>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 > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** > mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts> > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ volt-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts and follow the instructions there.
