PAT Testers

Even though there are no official guidelines as to how frequent you use pat testers. It must be an essential part of your health and safety and maintenance program to ensure you or your company keep to ensure your electrical appliances are maintained to required legal standards.

Some electrical products are used more frequently than others. For example, a pneumatic drill that is used everyday in a busy work shop need to have a pat tester assess it much more frequently than something like a office fax machine that receives around 30 faxes per week. The environment the electrical products must be taken into account of too. In a busy workshop, things get banged about, used by several people. Whereas something like a fax machine remains in a steady position and does not stand much rigger at all.

The following factors must be taken into consideration when assessing and planning for PAT testing, due to the fact that some electrical products are more at risk than others:

1. The environment – a work shop tends to be a much more arduous environment that an office. Therefore within an office, the electrical products will not need pat testers to assess them as frequently as you would with things like drills that are used to a high frequency and are banged and bumped around.

2. Users – many electrical products in the working environment undergo unreported abuse by staff members. Therefore, regular checks using pat testers are essential to ensure high standards of electrical safety.

3. Equipment construction – The safety of a appliance is highly dependant on being connected with earth. If a cable comes loose from the appliance or is torn away, this can lead to loss of a good connection to earth.

4. Equipment type – hand held devices are much more likely to be damaged or abused than products like PC’s or fax machines

5. Frequency of use – appliances that are used daily 24/7 are much more in need of regular pat testing than a product that is used less frequently like a small office fax machine.

At products4testing.co.uk we take every aspect into account for you as a customer. Call our hot line today on 0800 614 0344 and we are confident that we will advise you on the best solution. We have 1000s of products and are leaders in the UK at supplying pat testers and electrical test equipment.