What is PAT Testing?
PAT Testing is an part of any business's health & safety policy and involves all your electrical appliances getting an electrical safety check on a regular basis.
PAT Testing Legal Requirements
At the moment UK legislation asks landlords and employers to make sure all supplied portable electrical appliances are safe and conform to certain regulations. Insurance companies now often require regular PAT Testing in order to provide insurance cover.
What does FUSE do?
FUSE Pat testing provide pat testing for portable appliances for private and business customers throughout Essex. We offer a quality and reliable Essex pat testing service. Our engineers are qualified, professional PAT testers. Our prices are highly competitive.
What appliances require PAT Testing?
We can test all equipment powered by electricity and conform with the Testing of Electrical Equipment and the IET Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection. We can pat test appliances in the following categories:
- Portable appliances (Less than 18kg with no carry handle)
- Moveable equipment (Less than 18kg, not fixed)
- Hand held equipment (Hair dryers, drills, soldering irons)
- Stationary equipment (Over 18kg with no carry handle)
- Fixed equipment (Fastened to a surface e.g. Towel rails & heaters)
- Appliances / equipment that is built in (equipment installed in an area such as cupboards)
- IT Equipment (Computers, printers, telephones)
- Extension leads
We qualified and very reliable. Fuse are based in Colchester Essex and we cover the whole of Essex, London, Kent, Herts and other regions.
Appliance Classes
Class 1
This type of equipment will most likely have exposed live parts and basic insulation. For instance desktop computers or fan heaters. It includes any equipment with an earth connection from the mains.
Class 2a
Generally, this class of equipment will have two layers of insulation and exposed metalwork, such as a desktop calculator or dictation machine.
Class 2b
This class may have exposed metal work that is unearthed and separated from live parts by 2 layers of insulation and would include equipment such as a power drill, or circular saw.
Class 3
This class of equipment is powered by less than 50vAC and includes basic insulation where none of the metalwork is unearthed; examples would include a laptop computer, tablet, or mobile phone.
Why Do You Need PAT Testing?
Electrical faults can cause fires, PAT Testing helps prevent this
Fires are often caused by electrical faults. As a result many insurance companies now require portable appliance testing or PAT Testing to be carried out before issuing cover. There is also legislation that businesses and employers need to conform to, in order to safeguard staff and your customers.
Essex venues and employers should hold valid PAT certificates
Increasingly, as part of health & safety, management of public and private venues in Essex require all electrical appliances being used on site to carry a valid PAT certificate at all times.
Your Essex business or venue might be at risk if you don't have Pat Tested appliances
Don't run the risk of being prosecuted and sued for damages. If an accident occurs relating to any electrical appliance being used during the course of your day to day work - you could be liable for any accidents caused by faulty electrical appliances. It's easy to make sure your equipment is PAT tested on a regular basis, just give Fuse Pat Testing in Essex a call.
Each job is different and the cost will depend mainly on the number and type of appliances to be tested, so please contact us on 07736670947 / 01206617637 to get a free quote.
For more information on our Portable Appliance Testing & PAT Testing service in Essex, please get in touch.
Where We Operate
Pat Testing in Essex
We provide PAT Testing services in all the whole county of Essex.
Reliable, competitively priced pat testing Essex
We offer a first-class pat testing service in Essex to businesses and individuals. Amongst our clients are schools, hospitals, hotels, restaurants, universities, care homes, landlords with multiple properties, retailers and offices.
We cover the the following areas in Essex
Alresford, Ardleigh, Barking, Basildon, Billericay, Black Notley, Boreham, Boxted, Braintree, Brentwood, Brightlingsea, Buckhurst Hill, Bures, Burnham, Capel Saint Mary, Castle Hedingham, Chelmsford, Chipping Ongar, Clacton-on-Sea, Coggeshall, Colchester, Cressing, Danbury, Dedham, Dovercourt, East Bergholt, Earls Colne, Epping, Feering, Felstead, Fingringhoe, Frinton-on-Sea, Galleywood, Gidea Park, Great Baddow, Great Bardfiled, Great Bentley, Great Braxted, Great Cornard, Great Dunmow, Great Horkesley, Great Leighs, Great Notley, Great Tey, Great Totham, Hadleigh, Halstead, Harlow, Harwich, Hatfield Peverel, Hockley, Holland-on-Sea, Hullbridge, Ilford, Ingatestone, Kelvedon, Langham, Lawford, Layer-de-la-Haye, Leavenheath, Little Baddow, Little Clacton, Little Cornard, Little Waltham, Loughton, Maldon, Manningtree, Marks Tey, Nayland, Ongar, Rayleigh, Rivenhall, Romford, Saffron Walden, Silver End, Southend, Springfield, Stansted, St Osyth, Stisted, Stoke-by-Nayland, Sudbury, Thorpe le Soken, Thorrington, Tiptree, Tollesbury, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Tendring, Vange, Wakes Colne, Walton-on-the-Naze, West Bergholt, West Mersea, Wickham Bishops, Witham, Wivenhoe and Wix.