"Phil Allison" wrote in message
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"Arfa Daily"

JVC midi size hi-fi system.

I would be interested in knowing if I'm on my own on this one, or if
anybody else involved professionally in service work - or indeed anyone
who carries out PAT testing - has any similar experience, or opinions on
this.


** Why on earth would a unit like that have to be PAT tested ????

No requirement exists here in Australia for low risk items used in non
hazardous work environments to be regularly tested.




.... Phil


Well, to some extent, this is my point. I'm no expert on the regs, and it's
my feeling that items such as this should not be subject to the high voltage
tests for the very reasons that I suspect that it may cause damage to them.
Possibly, they are not strictly speaking required to be tested, but several
of the places that I do work for, have local authority customers, so care
homes, schools, that sort of thing, and every item that I see from such
establishments - including fully plastic cased boom-boxes - always has a
"tested" sticker on it, with a date for the next test, so it's my belief
that a shotgun approach for every item that runs off the mains, and is not
bolted down, is being applied. And probably by the general maintenance man,
who just has an automatic tester as part of his kit box, and a general
mandate to use it ...

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