PAT Testing - PAC Testing
PART Testing...
Just a few of the terms we have heard over the last 20 years to describe in-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment.
Contact the Specialists - servicing Salons, offices, factories and industrial locations with literally hundreds of satisfied and returning clients.
- Fully Insured
- Calibrated Test Equipment
- Qualified Technicians
- Services Carried out in Accordance with Health and Safety Executive Guidance Notes and IET Code of Practice
- Fully Itemised and Detailed Inspection and Test Results
- Risk Based Assessment Frequencies
- Duty Holder Training
- Over 20 Years Experience
More Than a Label
- Suitability of the Equipment for the Environment
- Trip Hazards, Overloading of Leads and Adaptors
- Switching of Equipment
- Correct Cable Cross Sectional Area for Equipment Current Rating
- Substandard CE/IEC/BS1362 Leads/Fuses/ Equipment
- Correct Fuse Rating for Rated Flexible Cable
- Advice on User Checks in Line with HSE Guidlines and IET Code of Practice, then the electrical tests
- Portable RCD Trip Timing (If Required)
- Microwave Radiation Leakage Testing (If Required)
- Polarity Testing of Class 1 IEC leads and Extension Leads
- Earth Bond Resistance to Earthed (Class 1 Appliances) to Strict Parameters
- Insulation Testing to Class 1 and Class 2 Appliances 500Vdc/250Vdc relevant to Environment and Sensitivity of Equipment including Surge Protected Equipment
- Current Leakage Testing to Parameters set out by the IET Code of Practice.
- Status Labelling of Equipment
- Technician Notes and Advisories of Potential Risks Found
- DETAILED INSPECTION/TEST RESULTS FOR YOUR INSURANCE PURPOSES - NOT JUST A PASS/FAIL
Please be aware of companies that claim to 'pat test' unrealistic amounts of items per hour/day and charge for items that do not require formal inspection and testing such as appliances supplied via a voltage source below 50 Volts ie. laptops, routers and other extra low voltage equipment, although the leads and adaptors that supply them may require inspection and testing depending upon construction, we come across rogue and unqualified service providers all the time specifically at locations where there tend to be a higher number of appliances such as schools, colleges, residential care.
Remember - It is ALWAYS the responsibility of the Duty Holder to ensure that items are of such construction and maintained to prevent danger and that inspection and testing is being carried out to best practice.