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THE INSPECTION OF PORTABLE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
www.ucl.ac.ukPortable electrical equipment Equipment that has a lead (cable) and plug and which is normally moved around or can easily be moved from place to place. Guidance The following equipment types are regarded as portable for the purposes of this guidance. Portable appliance An appliance of less than 18 kg in mass that is intended to be moved
Maintaining portable electrical equipment in low-risk ...
www.hse.gov.ukMaintaining portable electric equipment in low-risk environments Page 5 of 6 Class II equipment is marked with a . If you cannot see this symbol, you should assume that the item is a Class I appliance and carry out a portable appliance test. Table 1 Suggested initial intervals for checking portable electrical equipment
Scottish Government Guidance on Electrical Installations ...
www.housingandpropertychamber.scot9. The electrical safety inspection has two separate elements: • An Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) on the safety of the electrical installations, including a visual inspection of fixtures and fittings, plus a fixed electrical equipment test, and • A Portable Appliance Test (PAT) on portable appliances.
MS - Guide - testing and tagging portable electrcial ...
www.commerce.wa.gov.auelectrical test instrument known as a portable appliance tester (PAT), which automatically tests electrical equipment plugged into it. The result requires no technical interpretation. In this case, the person would need to have been trained and have satisfactorily completed a competency-assessed training course on testing and tagging using a PAT.
Inspection and testing of electrical equipment
www.docs.csg.ed.ac.ukPortable appliance testers are available to carry out a number of different tests but normally only two tests will be required. These two tests are: 1. Earth bond resistance test. 2. Insulation resistance test. Earthed Class 1 equipment has a conductive, usually metal, outer casing and the earth lead of its cable is connected to this casing. ...