Why it's worth paying a decent amount for a proper PAT Test

[grantr37]

the profit comes off the unsuspecting workers efforts

 

[drew35]

Nice label though! Although shouldn't it be of the green variety?

 

[i=p/u]

44 items took me 7 hours including 30 mins for lunch

 

[Risteard]

I think so, 43 is summer 12 and I don't think 44 has been issued yet.

No, he's referring to an article in Issue 44 about the changes to the Code of Practice which is coming out in I think November. I got my copy of Edition 44 of Wiring Matters on Saturday I think.

 

[oldtimer]

Another bloody book to pay out for just shoot me now

 

[i=p/u]

bang!!!!!!!1

 

[grantr37]

Another bloody book to pay out for just shoot me now

I dunno its probably going to be 50 sheets or so (£50.00) for the book...

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does a white label mean if somebody says something you can say its actually a fail label....as opposed to a bright green one...

 

[oldtimer]

Another bloody book to pay out for just shoot me now

Checked my records and I bought the COP 11 months ago at £30
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[i=p/u]

are obliged to buy it , no no we aint, whats going to be different, not that much..... dont correct me if im wrong

 

[Adam W]

I don't think I'm going to bother splashing out on a new CoP. There are electricians doing PAT testing without ever having seen a copy of any CoP, and I don't see that it will have changed much. I could probably borrow one from the library or get the gist of it from the internet (eg here) for less than 30 quid.
It seems the rules on PAT are being relaxed if anything anyway.

 

[oldtimer]

So whats the difference then between old and new that cannot be put on the back of a beer mat or the next time a guy gets assesed by a Schemie he gets pulled up

 

[i=p/u]

oldtimer you want to have look at my professional pat testing service documenatation and give me your thoughts and expierience,,, oif so pm me your email

 

[oldtimer]

How do I get the feeling you are going to sucker me in but ok lets have a swatchie

 

[stoneworld]

Nice label though! Although shouldn't it be of the green variety?

No it doesn't have to be any colour. Although you often see red and green labels there is no requirement to use those colours. I use blue because it matches my logo.

 

[stoneworld]

Well I done my first job yesterday and 50 items took ages. So how do these guys input data so quickly ,I know probably type into tester but , what about moving appliance aand looking for rating plate and all . It is a slow job

I did a job yesterday and it took me over 5 minutes to un load a beer fridge before I could get to the plug. there were 4 of them to do! I did get some help from the customer but 1 item a minute is not realistic!