Electricians for PAT Testing services in your property

Your electrician will attempt to provide guidance on what electrical equipment constitutes a 'portable appliance'. They will work to make sure that everything in your home which is as such not a fixture will be capable of usage in a safe and compliant manner. This is very much in line with the every present needs of general electrical health and safety and the laws which are set out today.

When it comes to PAT Testing, this may include:

• Electrical appliances that can be held in your hands and are at the same time connected to the electrical supply.
• Electrical appliances that the customer may move while they are also connected to the electrical supply.
• Electrical appliances the customer may move with a good degree of ease while connected to the electricity supply.

Your electrician will explain that while it is common for PAT testing to be completed on electrical equipment that is connected to the electrical supply via a socket, this is not the only specification of a portable appliance. The appliance also needs to have been tested to a large degree for quality assurance and quality control in order to make sure it can work and operate in the manner to which it should be able to.

A large number of electrical accidents in the workplace are caused by portable appliances as your electrician will confirm with you. In fact 25% of all electrical accidents in work environments involve portable appliances, but this can be reduced by PAT Testing from a qualified electrician. Legally it is the responsibility of the employer and their employees to make sure that appropriate measures are put in place to prevent hazards in work related situations. 

Electricians will confirm the relevant legislation that is applicable to PAT Testing to ensure electrical safety within the workplace. This is for sure something which an health and safety advisor or competent person will back in making sure all electrics are safe overall. The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 makes this very clear and a business therefore has a duty to make sure they oversee and provide in place the right provisions for their to be safety measures set in place where all electrical systems are concerned in the business. This is a law which applies even more now as it did when it was first introduced and when businesses would have first ever gone about implementing their changes.