Test and Tag Lincoln

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Under regulation 26 of the Electricity (Safety) Regulations 2010, equipment used by employees or contractors is deemed electrically safe if it carries a current tag issued to AS/NZS 3760. A clear register also answers questions from landlords, head contractors and insurers. Ours lists each item, where it lives, the result and the retest date.

Labs, Farm Sheds and New Sections: Test and Tag Around Lincoln

Lincoln is home to Lincoln University, the oldest agricultural tertiary institution in the Southern Hemisphere, and to research institutes such as AgResearch, so laboratory equipment is a big part of local testing. Laboratories run a wide range of portable equipment on flexible cords: ovens, stirrers, balances, centrifuges, chargers and computers. Each item gets the same visual check and electrical tests as office gear, but labs usually want the register organised by room and bench so researchers can find their items quickly.

Outside the campus, farm sheds and contractors' workshops around the town use equipment outdoors and in dusty sheds. Water blasters, pumps, welders on plugs and long leads used in paddocks all deserve a short retest interval, and anything used outside in the damp should go through an RCD.

Lincoln was laid out as a grid township in 1862, with its belts named after compass points, and the compact centre makes testing several small shops in one morning practical. In 2021 councillors backed a plan to turn 186 hectares of farmland south of town into sections for about 5,400 more residents, so building sites are likely to stay a feature for years. Site tools, leads and site sheds there are tested on site, and builders can keep one register across all their Lincoln jobs. Shops in the grid streets tend to have short lists that are finished well before lunch.

Local tip: Lincoln research teams can label each bench before testing day, so the register lists equipment by room and bench rather than by a long, unsorted list.

Test and Tag in Lincoln: Local Conditions

Selwyn and Waimakariri businesses range from the Izone business park in Rolleston and research sites in Lincoln to shops and trades in Rangiora and Kaiapoi. Building sites across these growing towns need regular tool and lead testing.

Where new housing is going up, building sites are full of power tools and leads in daily use.

Homes in Lincoln

Older homes inside the original grid can have aged boards with limited RCD protection, and the oldest may have rubber-insulated cable that should be replaced. New subdivisions, including the 186 hectares south of the town that councillors backed in 2021 for sections of 400 to 600 square metres, are built with modern boards ready for extra circuits.

NIWA notes that ground and air frosts are both common across Canterbury in the cooler months, and are most likely on flat ground where cold air cannot drain away on calm nights.

Our electricians are in and around Lincoln High School and Little River Rail Trail and the rest of Lincoln most weeks. For everything else, see electricians in Lincoln.

How We Handle Test and Tag in Lincoln

Each item gets a visual check for damage before it is tested. Items that pass are tagged with the test date and the next due date.

Pricing: a free quote and a fixed price agreed before we start. You get a written, itemised quote, and small jobs can be quoted from photos.

Test and Tag Jobs We Do in Lincoln

Scheduled retest visit
Replacing failed plugs and leads
Workshop power tools
Extension lead and power board testing
Warehouse testing in stages