On Sunday, 10 March 2019 22:10:21 UTC, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp Esq wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 20:22:30 +0000, Bill Wright
wrote:
On 10/03/2019 13:13, Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp Esq wrote:

The PAT test for extension leads comprises:
Test insulation resistance and polarity.
Visual check.

Anyone could do that, except possibly a remainer idiot.

Bill

That's far from true. The process may be simple but there's lots of little complexities that come into it in practice, and the tester needs to know how to deal with those.
eg not all cordgrips are acceptable. The average person has no idea what forms exist or how to assess which do the job - or even what the job is they need to do.
eg not all flexes are acceptable. Some are single insulated, 110v rated, clearly too thin, etc etc.
Plug type matters, most folk have no idea about that.
I've found sockets that function but don't grip the plug pins. A fire waiting to happen, they shouldn't pass.


NT

"Just check the cable and then tell her it's been PAT tested. Print a
label off the internet (there's loads) and stick it on the thing if
you
can be bothered."

The initial question should have made it abundantly clear the bloke
was clueless.

Anyone cannot do it, there is a C&G course to train people to do it
and they still get it wrong.

Your "advice" is just typical of the gormless idiots infesting this NG
that are clueless about a subject, google a few words and then try to
impress the poor recipient with their astounding knowledge.

"If you can be bothered" and safety are mutually exclusive terms.

AB