Man at B&Q wrote:

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?

Ok thicko, go and get a copy of the Code of Practice, have a read of
what it says, then come back and apologise.
The term 'Portable appliance tester' was brought in by one of the test
instrument makers, and it stuck as an acronym, but is wrong, as the
equipment tested does NOT have to be portable.

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