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- Safety Socket Covers for Offices and Commercial Premises
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- Sectors we carry out PAT Testing in
- Airports
- Bars and Restaurants
- Building sites
- Cafe’s
- Caravan Parks
- Catering Van PAT Testing
- Churches
- Coffee Shops & Cafés
- Commercial PAT Testing
- Dentists
- DJs
- Doctor’s Surgeries
- Events
- Exhibitions
- Gyms & Leisure Centres
- Hair Salons
- Holiday Lets PAT Testing
- Home Workers PAT Testing
- Hospitality Industry
- Hotels
- Housing Association PAT testing
- Laboratories
- Mobile Discos
- Museums
- Nightclubs
- Nursery Schools
- PAT Testing for Care Homes & Supported Living in the North East
- PAT Testing for Construction & Industrial Sites in the North East
- PAT Testing for Entertainers & Mobile Equipment in the North East
- PAT Testing for Healthcare & Medical Practices in the North East
- PAT testing for insurance
- PAT Testing for Offices in the North East
- PAT Testing for Retail & Hospitality Businesses in the North East
- PAT Testing for Schools & Nurseries in the North East
- Public Sector PAT testing
- Rail Industry
- Shop fitting
- Singers
- Social Housing
- Sound System / PA system
- Stadiums
- Supported living houses
- Universities
- Vets
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- Thank you!
- The benefits of PAT Testing
- What is PAT Testing?
- What our clients said about us
- Workplace PAT Testing
- Your PAT testing is done; the next steps
PAT Testing blog, news, information and articles
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Other Electrical testing
PAT Testing FAQs & Answers
PAT Testing Guidance
- Safely PAT testing Computer Server Systems
- Socket Safety: Why do you cover sockets in the UK?
- Winter PAT Testing: Stay Safe When the Heaters and Fairy Lights Come Out
- How to best prepare your business for PAT testing
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Ensuring Electrical Safety
- The benefits of working with a local Portable Appliance Tester
- Plugs without Sleeved Pins stopped being made in 1984!
- We need our office PAT testing – but how many appliances do we have?
- Electric Heater Safety
- What our PAT Testing Labels look like
- The HSE advises businesses get electrical inspections done asap
- Tips for the safe use of electrical extension leads
- PAT Testing Fails – appliances that fail our inspections
- What you need to know about PAT Testing
- Can I PAT test my own equipment?
- Pat testing for home workers – Working from home safety tips
- 8 important Christmas lights safety tips
- 12 Reasons why electrical accidents involve portable appliances
- How often should pat testing be done in an office?
- Do new electricals need PAT testing?
- How long does a PAT testing certificate last?
- Registering and checking appliances is very important
- What to do when staff bring personal electrical equipment to work
- What happens if an appliance fails a PAT test?
- You have to see this before buying cheap counterfeit electrical products – it’s explosive!
- Register your appliances
- How do we check if appliances have been recalled?
- Electrical Socket Testing
- How will the PAT Test affect you?
- Have you got messy cables under your desks that need tidying?
- What is Portable Appliance Testing?
- The PAT Test Certificate – all you need to know
- Guidance on maintaining safe portable appliances to Pass PAT testing
- 6 Electrical safety tips for children
- 9 handy tips to avoid an electrical fire – number 6 will affect most of us
- Try to avoid plugging too many plugs into a socket
- Why do we do PAT testing?
- Free Socket Checks – We don’t charge to report faulty sockets
- User Checks
- Selling electrical goods in Charity Shops
- How often do I need to get PAT Testing done?
- That’s NOT PAT Testing
- Landlords electrical test certificate – EICR
- Use an RCD on appliances used outside or in the wet
- PAT Testing: Plugs – BS1363
- How to wire a plug – How do you wire a plug?
- Plug fuse ratings
- What’s involved in a Visual Inspection when PAT Testing?
- PAT Testing IT Equipment
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What needs PAT Testing?
- What is the PAT test legal requirement?
- Wiring diagram safety cards on a plug
- 10 Top Electrical Safety Tips
- Why Power leads should be tested independently too
- Socket Adaptors can be a fire risk if you overload them
- PAT Testing computers
- Landlord PAT testing Information
- Landlords warned to check electric goods
- How to PAT test a computer monitor
- Information about the Formal Visual Inspection
- Earth Continuity Testing
- Who is responsible for electrical safety?
- Information for the requirements for appliance safety on building sites
- Double Insulated Electrical Appliances
- Battery Operated Equipment & PAT Testing
FAQs
- Are certificates included?
- Do you include plug & fuse replacements?
- How often should PAT testing be done?
- Is PAT testing a legal requirement?
- Is PAT testing still called PAT testing?
- Stage 1: Initial Enquiry
- Stage 2: Agreeing to a Personal Price
- Stage 3: Booking an Appointment
- Stage 3a: Your chance to save some money
- Stage 4: Pre-Job Checks
- Stage 5: The day of the Appointment
- Stage 6: Doing the actual job
- Stage 7: After the Job (what the car industry calls ‘After Sales’)
- Stage 8: Next Test Reminders, and other services
- What exactly does the minimum fee cover?
- What makes someone competent to do PAT Testing?
- What needs PAT testing?
- What’s involved in a PAT test?
- Why not list one flat rate?