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- About DRA PAT testing
- Book an appointment for your PAT Testing
- Call us to arrange your PAT Testing (ads)
- Commercial PAT Testing
- Contact us
- DRA PAT Testing company – Electrical Equipment Testing in Newcastle and the North East
- Electrical Testing services – PAT, FAT and EICR
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
- Free Repairs
- Frequently Asked Questions about PAT testing
- Get a PAT testing quote (ads)
- Get a quote for your PAT testing
- Handy Links to other places and publications
- Health and Safety Accreditation PAT Certificates
- Is PAT Testing a legal requirement?
- Local PAT Testing
- Need your business PAT testing? (ads)
- PAC Test – Portable Appliance Checking checks portable appliances are safe
- PAT Testing blog, news, information and articles
- PAT Testing Certificate
- PAT Testing cost – PAT testing prices
- PAT Testing Durham
- PAT testing explained – everything you need to know about PAT Testing
- PAT Testing for Landlords including HMO’s, Lettings Agents
- PAT Testing frequency
- PAT testing North East
- PAT Testing Northumberland
- PAT Testing Training Courses in the North East
- PAT testing UK – we cover all of the UK
- PATTA membership
- Portable Appliance Testing
- Privacy Policy
- Resources
- Reviews of a PAT Testing Company
- Risk Assessment and Method Statement
- Safe PAT testing
- Safety Socket Covers to protect users and appliances
- Sectors we carry out PAT Testing in
- Site survey to assess for PAT testing
- Terms and Conditions
- Thank you!
- The benefits of PAT Testing
- Thermal surveys
- Tyne and Wear PAT Testing
- Local PAT testing in Newcastle upon Tyne
- Newcastle Quayside PAT Testing
- PAT testing Byker
- PAT Testing Gosforth, Newcastle
- PAT testing Heaton
- PAT Testing Jesmond, Newcastle
- PAT Testing Kingston Park
- PAT Testing Newcastle City Centre
- PAT Testing offices at the Cobalt Business Park in Newcastle upon Tyne
- PAT Testing Ouseburn
- PAT Testing Walker
- Quorum Business Park PAT Testing
- North Shields PAT Testing Experts
- PAT Testing Gateshead, South Tyneside
- PAT Testing Hetton le Hole
- PAT Testing Houghton le Spring
- PAT Testing North Tyneside
- PAT Testing Washington
- Peterlee PAT Testing
- South Shields PAT Testing
- Sunderland PAT Testing
- Tynemouth PAT Testing
- Local PAT testing in Newcastle upon Tyne
- What is PAT Testing?
- What our clients said about us
- Work for us
- Working during Coronavirus
- Workplace PAT Testing
PAT Testing blog, news, information and articles
Building sites / tools
Christmas
DRA News / Info
Electrical testing
Failures
Health and Safety
Landlords
- Electrical safety tests on electrical appliances in City of Glasgow College student flats were not carried out due to an oversight, leading to safety concerns.
- Landlords electrical test certificate – EICR
- PAT testing rental properties
- Do landlords have to PAT test appliances?
- Do landlords need PAT Testing?
- Do landlords need to PAT Test appliances?
PAT Testing Info
- What you need to know about PAT Testing
- Why PAT test?
- Can I PAT test my own equipment?
- PAT Testing during Covid-19
- What are surge protectors for?
- Do new electricals need PAT testing?
- How long does a PAT testing certificate last?
- Do new electrical items need PAT testing?
- What happens if an appliance fails the PAT tests?
- Electrical Socket Testing
- PAT testing Server Systems
- How will the PAT Test affect you?
- Check out the recalls of electrical products
- Why do we get Portable Appliances tested?
- What is Portable Appliance Testing?
- PAT Test Certificate Report
- Guidance on maintaining safe portable appliances to Pass PAT testing
- What is “PAT” – What does “PAT” stand for?
- Try to avoid plugging too many plugs into a socket
- Does the DJ coming into our hotel need PAT Testing?
- When your doctors surgery needs PAT Testing contact DRA PAT Testing
- Why do we do PAT testing?
- Free Socket Checks – We don’t charge to report faulty sockets
- User checks – Are you aware you need to be doing “user checks”?
- Should I check my appliance myself before using it?
- Charity Shops selling electrical equipment – contact us to test them first
- How often do I need to get PAT Testing done?
- That’s NOT PAT Testing
- Use an RCD on appliances used outside or in the wet
- PAT Testing: Plugs – BS1363
- How do you wire a plug? How to 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
- Who is Responsible for Portable Appliance Testing?
- Why Power leads should be tested independently too
- Socket Adaptors can be a fire risk if you overload them
- How do I PAT Test a kettle?
- Safely PAT testing Computer Server Systems
- PAT Testing Frequency – Helping you understand how often PAT Tests are needed
- Information about the Formal Visual Inspection
- Information regarding Earth Continuity Testing/Earth Bond Test
- Who is responsible for our electrical safety?
- What is a Double Insulated Electrical Appliance?
- Does our Microwave oven need emissions testing?
- Does Battery operated equipment need PAT Testing?
Safety in offices
- Working from home safety tips
- Do you worry about important plugs being switched off by accident?
- How often should pat testing be done in an office?
- If staff bring personal electrical equipment into work does it need testing?
- Have you got messy cables under your desks that need tidying?
- Do you need your office PAT Testing?
- When your office needs PAT testing contact DRA PAT Testing
- We offer out of hours PAT testing to reduce the chances of disruption
- PAT Testing computers
- How to PAT test a computer monitor
Safety notices
- Check if your Whirlpool washing machine is being recalled
- Don’t forget about electricity – it can be a silent killer
- Registering and checking appliances is very important
- New guide to improve consumer product safety recalls
- 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?
- Incidents involving electrical equipment reported in the media – December 2016 – April 2017
- Product recalls are being ignored
- Overloaded extension lead causes fire
Safety tips
- 12 Reasons why electric shock accidents involve portable appliances so often (number 8 may shock you!)
- 6 ways to avoid an electrical fire and to prevent your workplace burning down
- Socket safety – why do we use socket covers when they’re not needed?
- 8 Top Tips to prevent an electrical accident – you’ll get a shock if you do number 4
- 9 handy tips to avoid an electrical fire – number 6 will affect most of us
- Top 10 Electrical Safety Tips
Schools
Small Businesses
FAQs
- Are power leads tested as separate items
- Do new electrical items need PAT testing?
- Do new electricals need PAT testing?
- Do new items need PAT Testing?
- Do users of our site need their equipment testing?
- Does new electrical equipment need PAT testing?
- How do we work out how many items we have to test?
- How do you PAT test servers?
- How long does a PAT Test Certificate last?
- How long does a PAT test last?
- How long does office PAT testing take?
- How much does it cost for PAT Testing?
- How often do I need to PAT test?
- How often does electrical equipment need testing?
- We have microwave ovens, can they be tested for leakage?
- We have Server Systems we don’t want to turn off
- What are our main services?
- What are our PAT testing requirements?
- What are surge protectors for?
- What does it cost to PAT test the office?
- What equipment needs testing?
- What happens if the plug can’t be accessed?
- Why do I need to bother with PAT testing at all?
- Will I get into trouble if I don’t get PAT testing done?