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I am PAT testing a very old 2100W Belling tabletop cooker that the customer is keen to keep & paying me to repair. It fails a L-E or N-E IR test...
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My Kewtech KT63DL has just come back from its annual calibration without any issues, but Ive just taken it to site and attempted to do the...
Hi all what's the easiest or best way to log data? Either using a tablet or downloading to a computer.
I have a written log at the moment
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We have a load of PAT testing coming up,... unfortunately.
I'm aware that we have now moved from the 4th Edition to the 5th Edition of...
I have installed a circuit for an oven and carried out all of the relevant testing so far. Apart from a neon on the double pole isolation switch...
I was checking the IR on a socket circuit and found 0.4M between neutral/earth. The reading came from a garage door motor that was plugged in...
Hi, I've recently done a PAT course after the large company I work at discovered we have a Deltapat 3309 kit tucked away.
I'm actually an...
Good day. I am looking for someone who can walk us through using an old Megger PAT4 DV3 machine. We are PAT awareness trained and had a machine...
Hello, I am currently learning and have come across PAT testing an old chandelier.
On modern lamps I would use the plug and probe on the...
I have built a portable lighting game, and need advice on what safety testing would be needed for it to be used legally by private clients.
In...
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What prices are normal to charge per item in Ireland? And, which companies are the largest within PAT testing in Ireland?
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I'm trying to get an overview of the UK PAT-testing ( In Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment) market and I'd be very...
I have recently been asked about some PAT testing work undertaken in a local church hall. The PAT tester did not test the free standing under...
This states a SNE system, do I list this as a TN-S system.
The heads look the same as the PME types.
Our NICEIC area engineer was also not...
Sorry if this thread is in the wrong section, I was always led to believe that a TV was class 1 for PAT testing, however the TV has a metal earth...
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Can someone give me advice on how to connect up a 3 phase to 13amp adaptor lead for carrying out PAT testing on 3...
For continuity of ring final conductors it says we can use the r1 to check the expected result for r2, and gives the following formula to use:
r2...
I have emailed electrical safety first regarding the BPG4 update : i have just received the reply
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It should be published in the next...
Hi all....for fixed wiring testing, does the test equipment (Fluke and Megger in this case) have to have a calibration certificate from an...
I've seen several videos on these, half of them show an MCB in the 'on' position protected by an RCD also in the 'on' position, earth lead on the...
I’m not doing an EICR or anything… just curious.
Was doing some work in my parents house, and I was remembering how it was back when I was a...
Having a bit of a brain freeze moment.
I have a 2-core SWA cable running to an outbuilding. The sheath is used to earth this cable back to the...
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I wondered if I could ask for advice on how to succeed in getting some basic technical information from the manufacturer of consumer...
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I can't understand why but I always get a small (minimum 0.06mA) earth leakage reading on extension leads (even without surge...
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I have a Robin SmartPAT 5000, I need to clear all the memory !, does anyone know how to do that ?.
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I am going to do some Appliance testing for a Charity shop, could anyone comment on it please, been out of the game for awhile ow, just had my...
I tested an IEC lead that was crossed L--N . Both ends were sealed, so I cut the cable &
the plug was cross wired. I am posting this because...
I have a fluke 1653 which gives me a fuse error, but only when voltage is present. Done some research but not found anyone with the same issue...
hi, new to this forum and still training. During testing for prospective fault current at the point I get a bad reading, what ever that may...
Yay I am so happy I have finally fixed my Nova pat tester it failed with the error message of ( Internal Relay Fault ) well after some head...
So yea, as above. Did it through HSS Training Manchester. Went into thinking it'll either be;
- Spoon-fed dick holding so that EVERYONE passes...
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Quick question, how many items are you expected to test per hour? (Properly not lick and stick)
Had a moaning at today for being to...
I make my own ceeform adaptor leads for testing purposes where the 4mm banana leads generally just get plugged into my own MFT which is all...
When carrying out an EICR I found this board. The live bus bar cuts across the neutral where the tails have exposed copper. Is this the way these...
I work for a charity (Besom) that gets equipment that needs to be PATted. A lot of these come with 5 amp fuses. Please do the regulations
allow...
Evening all.
Is there a regulation or any guidance regarding live zs testing with loads connected....
Eg zs testing on a 3phase motor whilst it...
Is there a room in professional PAT testing for a business model other than 'per unit'?
I ask because I've been giving this some thought. I've...
As (I believe) PAT testing includes fixed equipment connected to the electrical installation by an FCU (eg hand driers, built in ovens etc.) I...
Hi. Now I'm pretty sure why this is happening, but I thought I'd check.
Just did a standard RCD test at a client, and the RCD failed the test...
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A friend of mine wants me to help him out renewing/converting trailers and horse boxes to be used for catering of film sets or in the...
Here's one I wasn't expecting on an EICR. Recently rewired and renovated 2-bed property (2015ish). Having an EICR as a new tenant to move in soon...
A twin and earth cable (live) enters a plastic dry-lining box, via a stud wall. The end of the cable is snipped, left bare, and the box is...
Hi all i'm after some advice please,
I was trained as a pat tester for my company a few years back (10 years)to test ex display lamps ect ect, we...
Hi, quick question before I start ripping a customers Consumer Board apart.
Called out to a simple job of installing electric supply to a summer...
Hi.. not posted on here much but im after a bit of advice.
I have recently qualified 18th edition (level 3 electrotechnical EAL)
Im looking into...
MY PAL HAS STARTED WORK FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS LOTS OF CONTACTS WITH LOCAL HOUSING ASSOCIATIONS ( 1000s of properties) HE IS DOING EICR’s & minor...
I got dragged into a PAT testing argument....I don't miss this kind of thing!
Cheap and horrible display stand lights. IEC plug. Class 2 symbol...
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