SPECIAL NOTICE: Please check each course for verification of approval before purchasing.
This test is based on the article, A Tale of Two Testing Methods, published in the February 2025 issue and counts as one contact hour (0.1 CEU) of elevator industry continuing education credit. Most courses are approved by NAEC for CET/CAT and in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.
Learning Objectives - After reading this article, you should have learned:
- With thousands of Category 5 tests with alternative (electronic) testing, this process is better than the long-standing "observation" only method using
weights/carts.
- Electronic Category 5 testing (and weighing/validating elevator system masses) is safer, as heavy weights are not needed for periodic testing. The
method also reduces the chances that testing causes damage to the elevator and to customer/building property.
- Code language establishing electronic testing included requirements to meet a complete set of demanding technical requirements for any new tool/testing
method to be introduced. Adding it as an "alternative" helped those who are reluctant and slow about change.
- Available new methods for electronic Category 5 testing were NOT developed by contractors.
- Testing methods now available accurately account for kinetic forces (energy) in an elevator more directly than a rudimentary test with load could ever
do.
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