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"Malcolm Stewart" writes:
"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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Andy Dingley writes:
Any ideas on reasonable charges for PAT testing ?

It's a long time since I looked at this, but the figure I
have at the back of my mind was £6/item, which included minor
repairs (such as making something pass if it just needed the
plug refitting to do so), and included the cost of new plugs
on up to 10% of appliances tested (any more than that and the
plugs were charged for extra). It was a figure for bulk testing
(one-offs would be more) but it would not include the record
keeping, which is not relevant in this case.

What are the record keeping and traceability requirements? I assume these
would be needed if defending a claim.

They are part of a periodic inspection regime. Firstly, the existance
of them would be very useful to show an employer is taking seriously
their legal requirement to provide a safe workplace. An appliance might
still fail and injure/kill someone, but this goes some way towards
showing, at least in this respect, the employer was not being negligent.
Secondly, you can look at measurement trends. An appliance might still
be within spec, but if its insulation resistance has dropped by a
factor of 10 since the last measurement, this should ring alarm bells.
It would be reason to investigate further, and either fail the test
or require retest at a much shorter interval, or a service and repair.
Without records, you will have no indication of an impending problem.
Thirdly, the amount of wear/tear/damage/faults can be monitored, and
you could use this information to decide that less frequent testing is
required with a consequent reduction in costs, or that more testing is
required or a more rugged version of the appliance is required.

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Andrew Gabriel