PAT test white goods?

[pirate]

Good point there @littlespark
Still, it's more about inspection than testing in some cases
and the inspection can be a right PITA! Especially in an office with 20 computers and peripherals and all their leads snaking about under desks with 10 years of dust and cobwebs on them...yuk!

 

[gaspromike]

It’s not really a question of what should and what shouldn’t be tested…. It’s down to the agreement with the customer, if it’s been done through a contract…. You can’t change the agreement without negotiating a new contract

Saying that, white goods should be tested. Although they aren’t “portable” as such.
They can still go faulty, and you don’t want a big lump of metal becoming live!

Link to HSE

PAT (Portable appliance testing) - HSE's answers to popular questions

Health and Safety Executive (HSE) answers; frequency of tests, legal requirements, record keeping, new equipment, who can test, hire tools

www.hse.gov.uk

Maybe just do an earth continuity test on fridge body or anything electronic that is not double insulated obviously. We cannot take the risk of damaging LED indicator lights or electronic control boards. My PAT tester blew the kettle indicator light. Bit of a joke. Need to buy a new kettle now

 

[DPG]

Maybe just do an earth continuity test on fridge body or anything electronic that is not double insulated obviously. We cannot take the risk of damaging LED indicator lights or electronic control boards. My PAT tester blew the kettle indicator light. Bit of a joke. Need to buy a new kettle now

It shouldn't have done that. PAT testers connect line and neutral together, and then test to earth.

 

[gaspromike]

It shouldn't have done that. PAT testers connect line and neutral together, and then test to earth.

Some people suggest half voltage for ir test where there are electronics. My machine dose not have that option. Hence will not test. I will just do an earth continuity

 

[westward10]

Some people suggest half voltage for ir test where there are electronics. My machine dose not have that option. Hence will not test. I will just do an earth continuity

That is a naive opinion. Subjecting an appliance to a 500v dc by way of an approved PATester is a non destructive test and should be of no concern.

 

[gaspromike]

That is a naive opinion. Subjecting an appliance to a 500v dc by way of an approved PATester is a non destructive test and should be of no concern.

Hey. You may be right. The blue LED light is working again . Maybe there was an intermittent fault before i did the test .. Really annoying. I did not notice if light was working before the test. Lucky its in the place where i live.

 

[davesparks]

Some people suggest half voltage for ir test where there are electronics. My machine dose not have that option. Hence will not test. I will just do an earth continuity

Then you are not testing the appliances correctly and shouldn't be doing it.

 

[gaspromike]

Then you are not testing the appliances correctly and shouldn't be doing it.

I just did the simple test where it does all the class1 tests automatically. I could not do this wrong. Most likely the kettle has an existing fault with the light in its switch which works fine most of the time but stops working occasionally..

 

[DPG]

Some people suggest half voltage for ir test where there are electronics. My machine dose not have that option. Hence will not test. I will just do an earth continuity

Not a good way to look at testing.

And as I mentioned before, PAT testers do not apply 500V between live and neutral.

 

[Lucien Nunes]

Any appliance that cannot withstand a suitable test, is not fit for use. One might as well say that electronic goods should never be plugged in, because the AC power might damage them. I routinely test all kinds of sensitive laboratory and studio electronics and in 30 years I have never damaged anything. And I only use soft tests where specifically necessary due to the equipment configuration.