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Welcome to Pat Testing Cornwall

Welcome to Pat Testing Cornwall.info We aim to make this site and the information contained here regarding PAT Testing easy to understand and navigate around. Just click on any of the links for more information. What we offer is...

What Is Pat Testing

What is Pat Testing? Pat testing or portable appliance testing as it is commonly known is not as most people believe the testing of portable electrical appliances as you will see, however we shall use the phrase here as that is the...

Why Pat Test

WHY PAT TEST? Electricity can kill! Each year 1000′s of accidents at work, involving electric shock or burns, these are reported to the Health and Safety Executive. Many of these are fatal. Make sure your appliances are...

Welcome to Pat Testing Cornwall

Welcome to Pat Testing Cornwall.info

We aim to make this site and the information contained here regarding PAT Testing easy to understand and navigate around. Just click on any of the links for more information.

What we offer is piece of mind for you at a very competitive price.

We have our own in-house, fully trained PAT test engineers who will provide you with the right level of service for your business, enabling you to get on with your business without the worry of being compliant with the…

The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment (Power) 1998

The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999

The Electricity at Work regulations 1989

All testing is done to the IEE Code of Practice for the in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment.

In these days of “insurance claim fever” you need to make sure that you have all your I’s dotted and T’s crossed to protect your business against this type of claim.

We provide a fast, cost effective, reliable and friendly service for landlords (we are landlords ourselves), businesses and holiday home owners including caravans. We can arrange out of hours pat testing for equipment that cannot be pat tested during the normal working day.

What we do for Free as part of the service.

We provide free replacement of faulty plugs and fuses that fail the pat testing inspection and a free test of mains plug sockets (that the appliance is plugged into) for correct polarity of the wiring. If you have a microwave we will also test for radiation leakage free of charge.

Test Equipment

We use state of the art pat testing equipment that is independently calibrated regularly to give accurate and specific measurements that allow you to determine possible faults before they become a problem.

We will supply you with an asset register of all equipment tested (each item is given a unique identifying number), a log for faulty equipment and repairs, and a list of all inspections and test results. All equipment is also given an easily seen identifying Pass/Fail sticker including date of test and when the next test is due along with a unique identifying number.

Most equipment that requires pat testing regularly falls into 2 categories, it is either class 1, or class 2, and any equipment that fails the testing procedure will be brought to the attention of the person responsible and if rectified while we are on site, will be re-tested free.

We cover pat testing in Helston, portable appliance testing in Falmouth, pat testing in Redruth, portable appliance testing in Camborne, pat testing in Truro, portable appliance testing in Penzance, pat testing in Hayle, portable appliance testing in St Ives, and of course pat testing on the lizard.

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Contact Us We are a local Helston based business who believe in the personal touch, as local business owners ourselves we know how important it is to keep your tenants and workers safe, not only on a legal basis but also knowing that you have done your best to ensure that all electrical equipment is in good condition and safe for them to use.

We know that disruption during working hours needs to be kept at a minimum and we strive to work around your needs and fit in with our customers timetable.

As part of our service we will replace Free of charge:

Faulty 3,5,10 and 13Amp Fuses

Faulty standard three pin plugs

When testing Microwave ovens we perform an extra leakage test Free

For special cases we can offer an out of office Hours pat testing service.

What Is Pat Testing

What is Pat Testing?

Pat testing or portable appliance testing as it is commonly known is not as most people believe the testing of portable electrical appliances as you will see, however we shall use the phrase here as that is the phrase that most people know it by.

Pat testing covers a whole variety of electrical equipment not just portable items including:

Portable appliances,

A portable appliance would weigh less than 18Kg and is intended to be moved while in operation e.g. Food mixer or Kettle etc

Movable equipment,

An item weighing less than 18Kg e.g. Air-conditioner, compressor, or equipment with wheels or castors that can be moved by the operator.

Hand Held appliances or equipment,

Such as an Iron, Hedge trimmer, or Drill etc

Stationary Equipment or Appliances

Would not have carrying handles such as a Washing machine or Fridge Freezer.

Fixed Equipment

Such as a wall mounted drier, Air Conditioners etc.

Appliances or equipment for building in

An Electric Cooker for example

Information Technology

Computers, printers, photocopiers etc

Extension leads, Multi-way adaptors, RCDs

What does PAT Testing or portable appliance testing consists of?

It is a series of recorded and documented specific tests on a piece of equipment and would include the following:

A formal Visual inspection is started by looking carefully at the condition of the power lead or cord, for example, is the plug fitted securely to the cord grip? Does it have the correct fuse? Is it rated to carry that size fuse? Are all the internal connections secure with no whiskers (stray wires) and no sign of any damage or overheating? (If it is not a sealed moulded plug it should be dismantled for internal examination) is the lead or cord itself damaged?

If all is well and the lead/cord (has a plug/socket on one end and another plug/socket on the other end) it needs to be tested by itself as it could be unplugged from one piece of equipment and plugged into another piece of equipment to power that (if it has the power lead connected internally to the equipment it is not tested separately)

The lead is then subjected to electrical testing consisting of (if it is a class one device) the earth bond (or earth continuity) is the connection good?

The next test is an insulation test between the conductors.

Finally we test for any leakage current.

These results are then recorded.

If all is well then we move on the equipment itself.

A visual inspection of the appliance itself is then carried out, is the equipment itself damaged/cracked or showing signs of overheating?

The results are then recorded.

The appliance is then subjected to electrical testing consisting of (if it is a class one device) is the earth bond good?

Welcome to Pat Testing Cornwall

What Is Pat Testing

Why Pat Test

Welcome to Pat Testing Cornwall

Welcome to Pat Testing Cornwall.info

We aim to make this site and the information contained here regarding PAT Testing easy to understand and navigate around. Just click on any of the links for more information.

What we offer is piece of mind for you at a very competitive price.

We have our own in-house, fully trained PAT test engineers who will provide you with the right level of service for your business, enabling you to get on with your business without the worry of being compliant with the…

The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989

The Provision and Use of Work Equipment (Power) 1998

The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations 1999

The Electricity at Work regulations 1989

All testing is done to the IEE Code of Practice for the in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment.

In these days of “insurance claim fever” you need to make sure that you have all your I’s dotted and T’s crossed to protect your business against this type of claim.

We provide a fast, cost effective, reliable and friendly service for landlords (we are landlords ourselves), businesses and holiday home owners including caravans. We can arrange out of hours pat testing for equipment that cannot be pat tested during the normal working day.

What we do for Free as part of the service.

We provide free replacement of faulty plugs and fuses that fail the pat testing inspection and a free test of mains plug sockets (that the appliance is plugged into) for correct polarity of the wiring. If you have a microwave we will also test for radiation leakage free of charge.

Test Equipment

We use state of the art pat testing equipment that is independently calibrated regularly to give accurate and specific measurements that allow you to determine possible faults before they become a problem.

Most equipment that requires pat testing regularly falls into 2 categories, it is either class 1, or class 2, and any equipment that fails the testing procedure will be brought to the attention of the person responsible and if rectified while we are on site, will be re-tested free.

Contact Block

For piece of mind at a competitive price call

We know that disruption during working hours needs to be kept at a minimum and we strive to work around your needs and fit in with our customers timetable.

As part of our service we will replace Free of charge:

Faulty 3,5,10 and 13Amp Fuses

Faulty standard three pin plugs

When testing Microwave ovens we perform an extra leakage test Free

For special cases we can offer an out of office Hours pat testing service.

What Is Pat Testing

What is Pat Testing?

Pat testing or portable appliance testing as it is commonly known is not as most people believe the testing of portable electrical appliances as you will see, however we shall use the phrase here as that is the phrase that most people know it by.

Pat testing covers a whole variety of electrical equipment not just portable items including:

Portable appliances,

A portable appliance would weigh less than 18Kg and is intended to be moved while in operation e.g. Food mixer or Kettle etc

Movable equipment,

An item weighing less than 18Kg e.g. Air-conditioner, compressor, or equipment with wheels or castors that can be moved by the operator.

Hand Held appliances or equipment,

Such as an Iron, Hedge trimmer, or Drill etc

Stationary Equipment or Appliances

Would not have carrying handles such as a Washing machine or Fridge Freezer.

Fixed Equipment

Such as a wall mounted drier, Air Conditioners etc.

Appliances or equipment for building in

An Electric Cooker for example

Information Technology

Computers, printers, photocopiers etc

Extension leads, Multi-way adaptors, RCDs

What does PAT Testing or portable appliance testing consists of?

It is a series of recorded and documented specific tests on a piece of equipment and would include the following:

The lead is then subjected to electrical testing consisting of (if it is a class one device) the earth bond (or earth continuity) is the connection good?

The next test is an insulation test between the conductors.

Finally we test for any leakage current.

These results are then recorded.

If all is well then we move on the equipment itself.

A visual inspection of the appliance itself is then carried out, is the equipment itself damaged/cracked or showing signs of overheating?

The results are then recorded.

The appliance is then subjected to electrical testing consisting of (if it is a class one device) is the earth bond good?

It is measured and recorded.

Is the insulation good?

The results are then recorded.

What is the leakage current?

The results are then recorded.