Do you need electrical equipment PAT Testing in North Shields?

To try to make life as easy as possible for you, our clients, we can help you with a host of electrical testing needs. Between us and our electrician we can help you tick off your electrical safety requirements. We provide these services and more.

In the event of an accident, an investigation will need to see evidence that your electrical equipment has been recently maintained to appropriate safety standards – a PAT Testing Certificate Report (with electrical readings) will provide that. 

Additional checks should be carried out on Microwave ovens to make sure the door and other seals are doing their job, and keeping the micro-waves inside. If they leak out this can lead to user illness, and nobody wants that. So we check ovens for emissions leakage. 

As well as your appliances you also need to make sure the mains wiring is safe too; this doesn’t need doing as often as PAT, but should be carried out every 5 to 10 years whether your property is used for commercial or domestic reasons.

Whilst we can’t help you if you’re moving house and need an EICR, we can do work for landlords and in commercial and industrial facilities.

Our electrical engineer is registered with the NICEIC so you get the compliant certificates that you require. 

The EICR is often referred to as a periodic inspection report or fixed wiring inspection.  

The law requires you to be able to maintain electrical equipment to the appropriate British Standards for safety and be able to prove it if necessary. A recent, valid, PAT Certificate will do that (providing it carries the right information).

Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) is a process for checking electrical appliances that have a plug to make sure they are safe. The process involves a series of visual inspections and electronic tests, at the end of which an appliance will be deemed either safe or not.

All electrical appliances that plug into the mains via a plug and socket require safety testing, to comply with Health and Safety at Work. This includes microwave ovens, kettles, computers, power tools, hair dryers, heaters etc. Equipment that you take into a workplace also needs testing, such as mobile disco’s. 

We charge an average of £1.00 per item, with discounts for higher numbers. If you have less than 100 items we charge a minimum or initial fee to cover travel and admin costs, and discounts kick in for over 250 items.   

The estimate takes into account travel to the job, labour costs and potential repairs including spare parts supplied such as ’13amp’ plugs, fuses and plug parts. Other minor repairs are all included in the price quoted.