Electricity

Service

Electricity is often used as the medium to transport information or energy from one place to another. Accurate electrical measurements are essential in this. VSL provides the basis of all these measurements with measurement facilities for a large number of quantities (voltage, resistance, current, power) over wide frequency and measurement ranges. VSL enables its clients to demonstrate the quality and reliability of their products and services by the calibration of their measuring equipment.

Method

The metrological starting point of all electrical measurements are the primary standards for voltage and resistance, which are based on intrinsically stable and accurate quantum effects. All other electrical quantities are derived of these quantum standards using special scaling and conversion equipment. This ultimately produces a measurement range of the VSL facilities varying from nanovolts to kilovolts and a frequency range from DC to 50 GHz.

Applications and clients

The service provided by VSL means that the quality of the measurement values is guaranteed whether it concerns billing of electrical energy between client and supplier or proof of specifications of newly developed measuring equipment. VSL provides services to a wide range of companies and institutes, e.g. accredited measurement and testing laboratories, manufacturers of measuring equipment, energy companies, universities and defence laboratories.

More information

For more information about this service, feel free to contact our Sales and Planning staff. They will be pleased to provide you with an adequate and expert answer. Please send an email to vsl@vsl.nl or you can call +31 15 269 15 50.