Tony, A definition of a competent person from my Health & Safety training course was "someone who knows what he doesn't know"! Have a look at the HSE site for guidance on PAT testing as a lot of rubbish is put out on this topic by organisations that want to sell their services; http://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/faq-portable-appliance-testing.htm You do not need to test every year, you do not need to label each item and you do not need a qualification. You do need to visually inspect the item, not just test it, as 80% of faults can be seen ; damaged cables, damaged plugs, wrong fuses and cracked cases. If you still need labels then RS is as good as any other source. Instructions on how to do the test comes with the test equipment but usually they have two options, Class 2 (doubly insulated -no earth required) and Class 1 (requires an earth lead for protection).
Iain Harley On Tuesday 03 Jul 2012 10:17:56 Tony Cowderoy wrote: > On 03/07/2012 09:46, Mark Rogers wrote: > > If you can find someone to lend you the test kit, doing the tests is > > quite simple (you don't need to be qualified). > > > > We may have test kit here, I'll see if I can find it. > > That would be brilliant. I need to get this done by Monday am. Is that > likely to be possible or is it asking too much? > > I assume that I can find a description of the tests/inspections on the > web somewhere. Where can I get suitable stickers/paperwork from? > > Would I count as "competent person"? I'm not an electrician but I do > have an engineering degree and trained as an engineer in the aircraft > industry (although that's several decades ago). I also ran an vehicle > design and development team in the '80s. > > Tony Cowderoy > > > > _______________________________________________ > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
