Seaward Supernova - Manual (Page 15)

Introduction
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Chapter 1 Introducing the Tester
Introduction
The Seaward Supernova Portable Appliance Tester is a powerful
tool to assist in the analysis of the safety of portable electrical and
electronic equipment. A range of tests are provided, with innovative
features to aid difficult test situations, which allow testing of a wide
variety of equipment.
The Tester is designed to be easy to use, and also includes the
following innovative features:-
• Multi-voltage tester
• Stores up to 2400 results including appliances, location, site, date
and time in non-volatile flash memory
• Accurate earth bond and leakage measurement even when
multiple earth paths exist
• Qwerty keyboard with fast keys.
• Full graphics display, Real-time clock
• Connects to PC, Barcode reader and printer
• Compatible with Seaward’s PATs Plus and other leading software
packages (including Seaward’s PATSwin software package)
• Software adjusts the user interface to differing levels of expertise
• Auto testcode generation
• Fast
Start-up
• Superfast download up to 10 times quicker than existing testers