On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:58:46 -0000, whisky-dave wrote:

On Friday, March 22, 2013 2:22:39 PM UTC, Major Scott wrote:
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:00:46 -0000, 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. You may come

across a "safety officer" who thinks anything electrical has to have a

PAT sticker...



I came across one who declared a power supply was dangerous as it had an exposed 5 volt line and was about to put a red sticker on it. I grabbed the exposed wire and asked him why he thought it dangerous. He walked away.

I had two 24V antex TC soldering irons fail because the earth coloured lead was showing on the silicone double instulated cable fron the iron the the 24V PSU.
The excuse wss that at 24V 2 amps it could cause a fire.
So I cut the ends off and threw them away and brought two news ones at ~£18 each.

Hang on.... a fire? From a HOT soldering iron? Never. Oh the irony.

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