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Thought provoking PAT question!

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One for today and probably longer!


Scene: Workshop with woodworking machinery (stationary equipment & fixed equipment).


Scenario: PAT guy "fails" some equipment for not having a means to stop rotation is less than 10 seconds.


Equipment being saws, pillar drill and a bench grinder.


Views?


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BOD


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    gkenyon:




    Alasdair Anderson:



    Can someone advise what counts as a "Portable Appliance"? I can see a bench grinder potentially being portable, but a pillar drill? My view would be that if it can't be moved by a single person then it is not portable.



    Good point, which is why the IET's CoP doesn't have "portable appliance" in the title ... but this raises another question.


    When does non-portable, or permanently-connected, equipment get inspected and tested? I'm sure it's out of scope for much fixed installation tests.



    I would suggest that it is covered by the general requirements for maintenance. The machine itself certainly won't be part of an EICR.

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    gkenyon:




    Alasdair Anderson:



    Can someone advise what counts as a "Portable Appliance"? I can see a bench grinder potentially being portable, but a pillar drill? My view would be that if it can't be moved by a single person then it is not portable.



    Good point, which is why the IET's CoP doesn't have "portable appliance" in the title ... but this raises another question.


    When does non-portable, or permanently-connected, equipment get inspected and tested? I'm sure it's out of scope for much fixed installation tests.



    I would suggest that it is covered by the general requirements for maintenance. The machine itself certainly won't be part of an EICR.

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