PAT testing

dolittle

a very quick, i hope, question regarding pat testing
a legal requirement or recommendation?
thanks in advance

Stoner

It should be carried out once per year for electrical items.

Hoagy

dolittle wrote: »

a very quick, i hope, question regarding pat testing
a legal requirement or recommendation?
thanks in advance

It's legal.

S.I. no 299 of 2007

Regulation 81.

PrismES

Hoagy wrote: »

It's legal.

S.I. no 299 of 2007

Regulation 81.

(c) portable equipment which is—

(i) exposed to conditions causing deterioration liable to result in danger, and

(ii) supplied at a voltage exceeding 125 volts alternating current,

is—

(I) visually checked by the user before use, and

(II) periodically inspected by a competent person, appropriate to the nature, location and use of the equipment.

"exposed to conditions causing deterioration liable to result in danger"

This is the cop out clause, Pat Testing can not be inforced currently.

dolittle

PrismES wrote: »

(c) portable equipment which is—

(i) exposed to conditions causing deterioration liable to result in danger, and

(ii) supplied at a voltage exceeding 125 volts alternating current,

is—

(I) visually checked by the user before use, and

(II) periodically inspected by a competent person, appropriate to the nature, location and use of the equipment.

"exposed to conditions causing deterioration liable to result in danger"

This is the cop out clause, Pat Testing can not be inforced currently.

thats what i thought
its more of an interpretation of existing rules than an actual rule of PAT testing must be carried out
or will i be corrected

PrismES

I have spoken to many company safety officers and have been told, they would love to implement PAT testing but there budgets won't stretch and the only time PAT will be an issue is in court after an accident involving portable appliances where the company does not have a PAT cert, even then the onus will be on the plantiff to prove the equipment was exposed to conditions causeing deterioration liable to result in danger. So it's hard to justify PAT of the office photocopier. Many companies have actually cut PAT as an unnecessary expense.
The only real Market for PAT is in the Plant & Equipment hire business and they usually have inhouse testing.

Phil.x

Is this still just a recommendation