When I switch the kettle on, there's a pretty little blue light that comes on in the handle. It goes off when the kettle has boiled. That's fine, but...
What sort of light is it in there? It has to be 240v, and I guess it's very low wattage. But what I don't understand is what would it be...
Discharged
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Hello to all of you out there, I'm interested in your opinions on a testing matter.I was doing tests at a small office today and one of the appliances was a shredder, one of the larger types, about 3 ft tall with a main body made from a contiboard type material and the shredder unit sat on...
K-PAT
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Just took a look in the householder section of niceic and noticed that all fully approved sparks are registered for Portable appliance testing.
I thought you needed a separate assessment for this
Hi folks,
I passed my C&G Portable Appliance testing today. Another string to the bow so to speak. I Have only ever done appliance testing as an employee when I used to work for people, so this is my first step into the PAT world alone.
Im looking at PAT equipment now, trying to decide the...
I've just moved into a new house and in the kitchen the appliances are isolated by a 4 gang switch where each switch is labelled with 'fridge', 'dishwasher' etc.
One of the switches has a broken switch mechanism and shorted when I switched it so I need to replace the unit - problem is that I...
Duntestin
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Can someone shed some light on this would be great, with pat testing how can you test a fixed appliance such as a hob or oven wired directly in to an outlet, as it hasn't got a 3 pin plug to plug in the tester,I'm all new to this pat testing lark cheers in advance.
Delboy247
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Wondering if it is legitimate to install a tumble drier in a cupboard in a bathroom.
Obviously, this will mean a socket being fitted, again inside the cupboard.
The cupboard is approx 3m from the bath/shower (other side of the room)
Is this allowed? The property is a rental.
Thanks.
N.
Hi, PIR in posh flat. Has low level built-in air conditioning units on dedicated circuit. Buried cables all the way up to the aircon unit. Ok to test fixed wiring from CU up to aircon isolator (a few meters from the aircon unit), or should I take front off aircon unit, disconnect power and test...
SW1970
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just before i start this thread i would like to point out that rcd tests should be carried out at the load side of the rcd
got a call out to a fault where the a 30ma rcd kept blowing to the stage where it wouldn't reset, there were only 2 circuits involved one 6a lighting and...
hi all
i've got to replace a 4 gang kitchen appliance plate switch (chrome) that is feeding kitchen equipment. this one has no manufactures markings on it and has pre marked equipment labels on it for each of the four appliances. The labels look factory made not engraved afterwards. any ideas...
Hello everyone,
Let me preface by admitting that I'm not a professional electrician. My apologies if I'm intruding, but I didn't know where else to go to answer this question. That being said, I'm curious to know if it's possible to modify/convert an appliance that was before only 110v/60Hz to...
Chris Hill
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I've just been followed on twitter by BAPAT which I've never heard of before, has anyone else heard of it? It's totally new to me and I wonder if it is genuine or another fake 'official' PAT Testing group.
Unlike the Guild of pat testers this looks like it could be the real deal
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Michelle2909
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Doing a load of work in a ground floor flat (will post some pics as cannot believe what people will do) lady upstairs asks me to have a look at her built in fridge as it had stopped working. The house was converted just over 1 year ago. I could not find any way of turning off the power anywhere...
Hi All,
can anyone shed some light or point me in the right direction.
I have a coffee peculator from the USA that is 950W 110V - How can I best get this running in the UK.
Bear in mind this is a £45 machine so I dont want to be spending £120 on a voltage transformer rated for 1000W.
My...
I am working on the power system for some mobile equipment that has some on-board 110VAC lighting and sockets. The customer wants to have an appliance inlet mounted on the machine and a utilities umbilical fixed to stationary equipment.
I had thought that we could use something like the GeWiss...
Hi Everybody,
Has anyone encountered 'flashing' sockets before? A client has a problem with plug in appliances in that when the socket outlet switch has been turned off, and the item removed an electrical spark/arc occurs?
Any ideas about this oh wise ones?
Thanks
tom-the-sparky
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Hi - I have an issue with an installation involving a motorised roller blind and would like some advice. I work for a company that supplies motorised blinds and we are being told that a system recently installed does not conform with BS7671 - by the way I'm not an electrician, hence why I need...
I'm having a new kitchen fitted... I realise it's a good idea to have accessible spurs for my appliances. Thing is I don't want the walls cluttered with spurs. Is there a maximum distance from switch to the appliance, like the idea of having the switches together, like on a grid may be.
Thanks
Hi
Installing a grid switch off the ring final circuit - supplying: fridge, dishwasher, gas hob ignition and cooker hood. I was thinking of spuring off the ring into a fuse grid module and then into each switch of the grid? Would you do this?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, David
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