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Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) - Working at Home or Remote Locations - Request for Help

John Beirne

Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) - Working at Home or From Remote Locations



Not withstanding the fact that there is no legal requirement to undertake Portable Appliance Testing, there is a myriad of regulations which a Duty Holder/organisation is to adhere to to ensure that their electrical equipment is safe and officially legal to be used.



The IET has been asked by a government agency to look at how other corporate members, in particular large organisations, are approaching Portable Appliance Testing for their staff who continue to work from home.  Therefore, we would be extremely grateful if you would assist our investigation by answering the following questions:



1.  Are you currently working from home? Yes / No


2.  Are you using your firms electronic portable equipment? Yes / No


3.  Has it undergone a Portable Appliance Test? Yes / No / Not Sure

 


a.  Is there a Portable Appliance Testing sticker on the equipment? Yes / No

 


b.  Does the sticker have a Valid Until Date? Yes / No

 


c.  If yes, is the date valid? Yes / No



Use of Personal Electronic Equipment at Home for Work Purpose.



1.  Are you using your personal electronic portable equipment for your firms activities? Yes / No



2.  Has it undergone a Portable Appliance Test? Yes / No



Please do not inform us who you work for.



In anticipation, thank you for your assistance.



Kind regards,



John


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    Ah well my own hobby kit  is a different matter - the IT equipment is more of a 'home office' setup and  my wife works from home too, so that gets a businesslike approach, as does stuff I use and do for work.

    My own stuff in garage/ workshop however is rather more 'scrap heap challenge' in appearance, and I tend to test things on commissioning or when I put them together after a repair, and there are a few items that runs with the covers off for most of the time, though no exposed live parts. There is no question about RCD failures in that part of the installation, it gets exercised regularly, and parts of the set up for testing things that are probably not compliant with anything.
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    Ah well my own hobby kit  is a different matter - the IT equipment is more of a 'home office' setup and  my wife works from home too, so that gets a businesslike approach, as does stuff I use and do for work.

    My own stuff in garage/ workshop however is rather more 'scrap heap challenge' in appearance, and I tend to test things on commissioning or when I put them together after a repair, and there are a few items that runs with the covers off for most of the time, though no exposed live parts. There is no question about RCD failures in that part of the installation, it gets exercised regularly, and parts of the set up for testing things that are probably not compliant with anything.
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