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Yes, for electrical faults and for radiation leakage. The electrical tests are: Visual Earth Continuity Insulation at 500Volts DC Leakage (Electrical) To perform the test, once the visual test is successfully completed, the microwave is plugged into the 240Volt socket on the tester. The earth bond lead is clipped onto the bare metal at the back; the start button on...

Testing in schools is very much like testing in office suites. However the testing is usually very seasonal and has to be performed during holiday periods when the students are not on the premises. PAT testing in a school is usually reasonably straight forward as most of the testing in a modern school is IT (PCs, Monitors, Printers and Communications Equipment etc...

Yes, if you are working for a company as an employee, the company insurance will cover you. If you are self employed and working for other companies you will need public liability insurance. If you employ people you will need employers liability as well as public liability insurance. The amount of cover required will be £2 million+ depending on your...

The run test for both 240Volt and 110Volt appliances is really the Leakage or Touch Current test. To test for leakage and touch current the appliance has to be operating i.e. running, so the appliance has to be powered up. This can have serious health and safety issues, particularly when testing power tools.  The appliance has to be secure during...

Essentially yes it is; you visually test both the laptop and the outboard power supply, but only the power supply will be electrically tested. If the laptop is very old with an on-board power supply then the laptop would be electrically tested as well as visually.

The IEE Code of Practice outlines the main reasons why you have to record PAT Testing results. In short, on page 38 section 8.3 it states that, "Although there is no requirement in the Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 to keep records of equipment and of inspections and tests, the HSE Memorandum of Guidance on these regulations advises that records...

IEC Leads are regarded as an appliance in their own right the same as extension leads because they are detachable and therefore must be labelled and tested separately with their own unique appliance number.Page 78 paragraph 15.9 of the IEE Code of Practice 3rd edition refers.

The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989;  regulation 4 (2) requires that: "As may be necessary to prevent danger, all systems shall be maintained so as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practical, such danger". Regulation 4 (2) is concerned with the need for maintenance to be done in order to ensure safety of the system if danger would otherwise...

Some People can be confused about the abbreviations on the test menu. The abbreviations HH/PORT, MOV/STAT, NI and NO IN mean ‘Hand Held and Portable’, Movable and Stationary, Non Insulation and NO Insulation respectively. ‘230V HH/PORT 1’ is 230 Volt Hand Held and Portable Class 1. ‘230V HH/PORT 2’ is 240 Volt Hand Held and Portable Class II. ‘230V MOV/STAT...

The Fluke 6500 tester has two interesting features. After plugging the tester into a mains supply, to adjust the screen brightness/contrast, the display must be at the first screen displaying the mains voltage and frequency etc. Pressing the up and down arrows on the tester will adjust the brightness/contrast. The second interesting feature is the ‘Limit Calc’ where if the...