What is Portable Appliance Testing?

If your PAT Testing is NOT up to date then you could be invalidating your company insurance policy

Portable Appliance Testing, (PAT Testing), is a requirement which ensures that electrical appliances are tested to be safe to be used in the workplace by employees, members of the public and the self employed. Any appliance with a plug that is used in the workplace should be tested at least once a year.

Insurance companies are stipulating Portable Appliance Testing as a necessary condition of insurance on most companies. Failure to carry out regular PAT Testing may be taken into account when arriving at a settlement figure if an incident occurs that is associated with an electrical appliance

Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) Testing Checklist

After an initial visual equipment check has been passed, it can then be electrically PAT Tested.

Sense use a variety of tests to carry out electrical inspection, including:

EARTH BOND TEST

A Class 1 test that determines whether there is an earth between the appliances metal work and the earth on the plug.

INSULATION RESISTANCE TEST

If there is defective insulation that exposes the conductors, this test will detect this and is carried out on all classes of equipment.

POLARITY TEST

A test to determine whether the polarity of the cables in the plug top are correct. This test can be carried out on all classes of equipment where possible