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Good comments! And maybe you're right there, this scenario is only hypothetical to me (my role is just internal for the company I work for) but maybe in the real world I wouldn't actually be policing how something is going to be (ab)used and insisting they go put it in the kitchen. Other than...

From what I've seen similar flex is almost always 0.75mm^2 (can't think of the last time I saw any different in fact other than typically 1.0mm on extension leads) and this doesn't look any different. I'm not unduly worried as yes it's ancient and even if the cable CSA was 1.5 (which I very...

Thanks for the feedback. I might just, as suggested, leave this one to the more experienced! It does need to at least have a formal (recorded) visual inspection - they renamed it from "Portable Appliance Testing" to "In-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment" and removed ALL...

Bit of a PAT testing newbie question, having been enlisted to in-service inspection and test all our electrical equipment (*cough* "PAT test") everything with a 3 pin plug on it (maintenance does the non 3 pin plug stuff). Found an object that is a new case to me: in our engineering department...

No hard and fast rule, the IET completely dropped even any guidelines from the 5th edition as they wanted to leave it completely down to risk assessment and not influence you at all. This is the responsibility of the dutyholder (facility manager etc) who would then by my experience... just...

Early in the year my employer put me and a couple of other colleagues on a PAT.... sorry *ahem* In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment course (what a mouthful, let's just call it PAT testing) and as I managed to score highest in the exam guess who gets to do most of the...