I might have to disagree with you on that, Dewey (am I allowed to do that?) The auditor not only is looking to see if you do what your procedures say you are supposed to be doing, but whether what you do meets the requirements of the particular standard against which they are auditing. In this case of ESD wrist strap testers, you have to ask "what is the purpose of the tester?" You are checking to see if the wrist strap will provide the required protection for the product by minimizing static charges (it has low enough resistance to dissipate static charges), and provides enough protection for the user (it has high enough resistance to prevent excessive current through the user in the event they touch a live circuit). How do you know that you tester is adequately testing wrist straps? Calibration. Blair On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:43:05 -0700, Whittaker, Dewey (EHCOE) <[log in to unmask]> wrote: <snip> >Document what you do and do what you document. It is not in the Auditors >scope to question the validity or merit of your procedures, only if >follow or don't follow them. > >Dewey > > > >-----Original Message----- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------