// traceability
Every form, traceable to the standard it came from.
UltraDb’s test forms are built from the published standards your work is judged against, with the section citation printed on the form and the acceptance values checked against the edition cited on the form. The standards below are listed straight from the forms.
// insulating-liquid suite
The full transformer-oil screen - graded for you.
Every test in the ASTM D117 insulating-liquid battery, with each reading auto-evaluated against the limit for that oil type and voltage class - so pass, monitor, or investigate is decided the moment the number is entered.
Every screen test, one platform
Dielectric breakdown (D1816 / D877), acid & neutralization number (D974 / D664), water (D1533), interfacial tension (D971), color (D1500), power factor (D924), visual (D1524), and dissolved-gas analysis (D3612).
Limits that know your oil
New oil is graded to ASTM D3487; in-service oil to the ANSI/NETA MTS-2023 tables (IEEE C57.106 / C57.147, consolidating into IEEE C57.166) - by voltage class, and for mineral or natural-ester fluid. No mental table lookups in the field. New natural ester and new silicone fluid are graded as shipped against ASTM D6871-26 and ASTM D4652-20, and whatever those do not grade is reported as not graded.
DGA that interprets itself
Dissolved-gas results are scored to IEEE C57.104-2019 Status 1 / 2 / 3 from the published gas norms - factoring the O2/N2 ratio and transformer age - not left as raw ppm for someone to puzzle over later.
One report or one test
Run a single combined Oil Quality Screen, or a dedicated form per method - either way the overall verdict rolls up from the worst result.
A test report is only as good as the standard behind it. UltraDb forms carry their provenance on their face:
Citation on every form
Open a transformer, cable, breaker, or battery form and see exactly which section governs it - a precise spec citation, not a bare label and a blank field.
Cited-edition values, tracked
Tolerances and pass/fail limits are checked against the edition cited on the form, and we track every revision of the standards behind it - so a sealed report names the edition it was judged against, not a decade-old form nobody updated.
Expected value at entry
The field tech sees the limit beside the reading. Pass or fail is obvious in the field, not a surprise at review.
Inspection checklists built in
Each form opens with the visual and mechanical inspection the standard prescribes, captured as satisfactory / unsatisfactory / not-applicable - flowing straight into the report’s deficiency record.
// authored against
What the forms are authored against
The standards the forms are authored against, by publisher: the test method each catalog form cites and every standard an UltraDb Original is built on. 56 in all, listed straight from the form definitions, so the list changes when the forms do. Naming a standard describes what a form follows; it is not an affiliation.
- ANSI/NETA
- ATS-2025
- ECS-2024
- ASTM
- D117
- D664
- D924
- D971
- D974
- D1500
- D1524
- D1533
- D3612
- IEEE
- 43-2013
- 81-2025
- 450-2020
- 519-2022
- 946-2020
- 1547-2018
- 1547.1-2020
- 1547.2-2023
- 1547.9-2022
- 1547a-2020
- 1584-2018
- 2800-2022
- 2800.2-2026
- C57.12.00-2021
- C57.12.01-2020
- C57.13-2016
- C57.13.1-2017
- C57.13.6-2005
- C57.15-2017
- C57.18.10-2021
- P1188/D16
- NFPA
- 70
- 70 (NEC)
- 70B-2026
- 70E-2027
- ANSI
- C12.1-2026
- NEMA
- PE 5-1997
- PE 7-2018
- FAA
- AC 150/5345-10H
- ANSI/TIA
- 526-7-A
- 526-14-D
- 568.0-E
- 568.0-E-1
- 568.1-E
- 568.2-E
- 568.3-E
- 568.4-E
- 568.5
- 569-E
- 570-E
- 598-D
- 606-D
- 607-E
- 758-B
- 1152-A
// the library
A standards library behind every form.
More than 30 documents from NETA, ASTM, IEEE, NFPA and ANSI sit behind the forms. We own them, read them and write a digest or an index of each - clause numbers and paraphrase, never reproduced text - so a form line can be traced to a clause and rechecked when the edition changes. Owning a standard is how we check our work, not an affiliation with its publisher.
Owned, digested or indexed
Each document is digested or indexed into clause numbers, tables and test conditions in our own words. We never reproduce a standard's text or tables, and we point to the publisher so you can buy the source.
Watched for revisions
Every revision, new edition or withdrawal of a standard behind the forms is logged on the standards updates page with the forms it affects, newest first.
UltraDb Original forms
Where no published ANSI/NETA section covers the work, UltraDb Original forms are built on the standards that govern the equipment. Each grades only the numbers its governing standards state and records the rest against manufacturer data. In the catalog: 21, every criterion read twice independently against the licensed text and reconciled before publication. In review: 0. In development: 0.
Maintenance intervals from NFPA 70B-2026
Due dates follow the NFPA 70B-2026 electrical testing intervals by condition 1 to 3, with condition assessment on physical condition, criticality and operating environment. The mapping from asset types to the standard's products is ours and is marked for engineer review.
// how we keep it honest
Checked, not inherited.
Spec-traceable
Forms reference ASTM and ANSI/NETA standards by section. Your records cite their source.
Checked
Acceptance values are checked against the current published edition, not copied from legacy tooling.
Field-first
Expected values and inspection checklists in the tech’s hand, on a phone, online or off.
UltraDb references ASTM, ANSI, IEEE, NETA, NFPA, NEMA, FAA, TIA, and IEC standards descriptively, to identify the published methods its forms are built from. UltraDb and Verlecta are not affiliated with, endorsed by, certified by, or licensed by NETA, ASTM, ANSI, IEEE, NFPA, NEMA, FAA, TIA, IEC, or Megger. Standard names and section numbers are the property of their respective organizations. Always test to the edition your contract specifies. Where a standard is sold through the ANSI webstore, Verlecta may earn a commission on a purchase made through our link, at no extra cost to you. A commission never decides which standards we cite or how a form is built.