On Mar 21, 11:45*am, charles wrote:
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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".

I'm with you.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg107.htm

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg236.htm

both linked from http://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/fa...ce-testing.htm

Unfortunateky the IEE/IET make it difficult to read their docs nles
you pay.

MBQ