Electrical Inspection / PAT Testing services
PAT testing (portable appliance testing) is an essential aspect of any health & safety policy. Charnwood electrical can offer a full electrical inspection to ensure your electrical items are working safely. This information is intended as a guide to both the legal implications and to the technical requirements. All of our engineers are full trained, qualified and present themselves in a professional manner.
We cover Loughborough, Nottingham, Leicester
and surrounding areas
Charnwood are based in Loughborough and can provide PAT and Fixed testing regularly for all your electrical equipment. We cover a range of surrounding areas including Nottingham, Leicester and Derby.
The Health & Safety Executive declares that 25% of electrical accidents have involved portable appliances. Employers, employees and self-employed persons are legally responsible to comply with regulations and undertake procedures to ensure that equipment within the workplace is safe to use. Every business should have electrical items inspected on a regular basis. This requires the implementation of a systematic and regular program of electrical inspection, maintenance and testing.
The Health & Safety at Work Act (1974) obliges this to undertaken::
- On appliances employees have access to.
- In places where the public use appliances, such as hospitals and schools.
- If appliances are supplied and hired to people outside the company.
- If appliances are serviced and repaired.
The depth and examination of electrical testing and inspection needed is dependent upon the chances of the tested appliance developing a fault. As such testing is dependent upon the appliance type, the nature of its use and where the appliance is used.
We offer a professional electrical testing service, using the most up to date equipment. Our certificates are printed and all appliances are labelled with their own bar code. Our industrial electricians use a software management system that enables us to manage this information associated with the testing of portable appliances in accordance with:
- Health and Safety Executives
- Work Safety Regulations
- Institution of Electrical Engineers' Code of Practice
Electrical Inspection consists of a number of tests;
The visual inspection is the first key element of all PAT testing. During our visual inspection, we test for the following:
- Damaged plugs and equipment
- Correctly wired plugs
- Damaged flexes
- Correctly rated fuses
Further tests may include:
- Polarity test
- Earth continuity testing
- Earth leakage test
- Insulation resistance
- Flash testing
Enquire Online
Charnwood can visit your business in Loughborough, Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and surrounding areas. We will complete a full PAT test on all your electrical items. Just fill out the simple form above, and we will arrange a visit as soon as possible.
