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PAT - Would you pass or fail these appliances?
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<blockquote data-quote="phil d" data-source="post: 503848" data-attributes="member: 27126"><p>Excellent analogy with the MOT, an MOT test is technically only valid at the moment of test, once the vehicle leaves the test centre who knows what is done with it! Suppose your car needs 2 tyres for the test, you can't afford them so I lend you mine, your car passes the test and then you put your slicks back on and give me mine back, it only passed a test that morning, but it's illegal now isn't it. It's a bit like doing any electrical test, suppose I test a property and sign it off as fine, then a week later the tenant swaps all the plastic light switches for nice shiny metal ones, but doesn't earth them, is that my fault?</p><p></p><p>I sometimes think people expect too much from testing, I remember my daughter in law bitterly complaining about the car she'd bought a month earlier breaking down, ' but it had a full MOT on it when I bought it' she moaned, it was pointless trying to explain that the MOT didn't check the alternator.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phil d, post: 503848, member: 27126"] Excellent analogy with the MOT, an MOT test is technically only valid at the moment of test, once the vehicle leaves the test centre who knows what is done with it! Suppose your car needs 2 tyres for the test, you can't afford them so I lend you mine, your car passes the test and then you put your slicks back on and give me mine back, it only passed a test that morning, but it's illegal now isn't it. It's a bit like doing any electrical test, suppose I test a property and sign it off as fine, then a week later the tenant swaps all the plastic light switches for nice shiny metal ones, but doesn't earth them, is that my fault? I sometimes think people expect too much from testing, I remember my daughter in law bitterly complaining about the car she'd bought a month earlier breaking down, ' but it had a full MOT on it when I bought it' she moaned, it was pointless trying to explain that the MOT didn't check the alternator. [/QUOTE]
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