Describe the lineup, inspection interval, and required readings. Makeform creates an editable form for condition checks, test results, defects, and follow-up.
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Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, tailor it to your equipment, then send it to the Makeform builder.
Audience
Facility technicians inspecting low-voltage switchgear
Format
Mobile checklist with exception photos
Prompt size
305 chars
Example form structure
Mobile checklist with exception photos
Site, room, lineup, and section ID
Enclosure, door, label, and hardware condition
Heat, moisture, contamination, sound, or odor?
Photos and defect notes
Overall status and follow-up owner
Suggested routing tags
Acceptable
Monitor
Corrective action
Give every asset a fixed identifier and every reading a test point and unit.
Step 1
Identify
lineup, section, device, and work order
Step 2
Inspect
condition, operation, and evidence
Step 3
Record
test point, value, and unit
Step 4
Resolve
owner, due date, and verification
Useful inspection records
Connect every observation and reading to an exact asset, then make exceptions easy to act on.
Required lineup, section, cubicle, and device IDs keep every photo and reading attached to its asset.
Capture test point, phase or pole, value, unit, instrument ID, and as-found context.
Open defect details, photos, priority, owner, and due date only for checks needing attention.
Inspection scope
Create focused versions for routine rounds, outages, breaker tests, and thermal surveys.
Check enclosures, access, labels, contamination, moisture, indicators, ventilation, noise, odor, and heat evidence.
Document as-found and as-left condition, cleaning, adjustments, mechanism operation, replacements, and open findings.
Repeat phase and pole fields for readings while preserving units and instrument IDs.
Link findings to corrective work, owners, evidence, retest values, and closeout review.
Build the workflow
Begin with your equipment and procedure, then shape fields around review decisions.
Name the voltage class, lineup type, interval, components, and inspection scope.
Separate observations from measurements, with repeatable fields for devices, phases, test points, units, and your criteria.
Show defect evidence, action, priority, owner, and due date for abnormal responses.
Send records to maintenance, then follow findings through assignment and verification.
Recording method
Preserve your asset IDs, checks, test points, units, and follow-up process.
Field guide
Match these sections to your equipment instructions, procedures, and criteria.
Asset and context
Identify the building, room, lineup, section, cubicle, breaker, and work scope. Add the date, technician, work order, operating state, and relevant context.
Visual condition
Use distinct responses such as acceptable, attention needed, not inspected, and not applicable. Separate checks so the affected component remains clear.
Mechanical operation
Separate racking, interlocks, shutters, charging, closing, tripping, and auxiliary operation. Keep as-found, work performed, and as-left results distinct.
Measurements and tests
Pair each number with its device, phase or pole, test point, unit, instrument ID, condition, and team-provided criterion.
Defects and evidence
For checks needing attention, require location, description, evidence, immediate action, and status. Keep observations separate from recommended work.
Ownership and closeout
Give open findings an owner and target date. Add completion details, retest values or photos, and review without overwriting the original response.
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Open toolFAQ
Answers for technicians and facility managers.
A switchgear inspection form records equipment identity, context, condition, mechanical checks, test values, defects, actions, and sign-off. It creates a consistent, searchable history by lineup, section, or device.
Include asset IDs, inspection type, date, personnel, operating state, condition and mechanical checks, readings with units and test points, instrument IDs, photos, defects, status, actions, owner, due date, and review. Match checks and criteria to your equipment and procedure.
Yes. An energized round might capture external condition, indicators, sound, odor, load context, and thermal evidence. An outage form can cover internal components, mechanisms, cleaning, adjustments, measurements, replaced parts, and as-found and as-left status.
Record each result with its asset, test point, phase or pole, value, unit, instrument ID, relevant context, and your team's criterion. Repeatable groups align multi-phase results. Keep status separate so the original value remains intact.
Yes. Conditional logic can show location, description, photo, immediate action, priority, assignee, and due date only when a technician selects attention needed. Normal checks stay concise while exceptions collect useful evidence.
Add a finding reference, action, owner, due date, status, and work-order field. For closeout, collect completion date, work performed, verification photo or retest result, and reviewer sign-off. Preserve the original observation.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Yes. Publish a field link and order questions like the physical round. Use short statuses, repeatable measurements, and evidence uploads. Test the form with your devices, asset labels, procedures, and review workflow.
Make switchgear rounds easier to review.
