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"Man at B&Q" writes:
On Mar 21, 7:05 am, (A.Lee) wrote:
Nightjar wrote:
On 20/03/2013 20:30, A.Lee wrote:
Dave Liquorice wrote:

On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:42:34 +0000, Bill Wright wrote:

There is no mains connection. Do these items need PAT testing?

PAT only applies to mains kit, no mains nothing to test. ...

I don't think that is true. How about an emergency lighting system
fed by a bank of batteries at 230v?

Doesn't sound very portable to me.

In-service Inspection and testing has nothing to do with just
'portable' equipment. Electric showers, hand dryers, HV equipment are
all covered.
What do you think the P in PAT is for? Prat? Picnic? Purple?

Portable - but it's the testing that must be portable, not the appliance
being tested (which should be tested at point of use whenever possible,
and not moved to a testing location).


who invented that idea? It's the testing of "Portable Appliances". That
came in because they tended to get ignored when the installation was
tested. It all comes under the "Electricity at Work Regulations".

Already answered back up the thread - it's called In-Service Inspection
and testing of Electrical Equipment, not PAT. The testing has to be
carried in the context of the use, not of the appliance in isolation.
There might be nothing electrically wrong with a hot air paint stripper,
but unless you can see it's been provided has a hand drier in the gents,
you will not fail its testing as you should. Likewise, you might be
presented with an Argos £10 kettle which is brand new, but unless
you can see it's being used by an office of 100 people at 100% duty
cycle, you are unlikely to fail it as unsuitable for use or requiring
a very short retest period (which is unlikely to be economic).

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