Kettles

mapj1:

Indeed, and unless you sell kettles and bases separated, a bit pointless.

Actually the physical  part of any inspection is by far the most useful, after all things can pass on the meter with big holes in the sides and damaged cables and all sorts.

If you have to then missing out a meter test, that is far less serious then missing the human senses one.... (eyes and  feel, for splits in cables and cases and so on,  and maybe a sniff for the smell of burning from motors are the key ones here, not taste so much..)


regards Mike.

Precisely the bane of all quality pat test engineers is the sticker jockie who simply plugs things into the tester runs the test ticks the boxes the slaps a sticker on with no proper inspection to actually make sure the item is in a safe condition an appropriate for how and where its used, I have often used a smell test to check for signs of failure or wear that cant be seen or felt during a visual inspection and taste is a great one for undamaged bakelite check (watching out for asbestos of course, thank you David tenant as the Doctor in doctor who lol) 

mapj1:

Indeed, and unless you sell kettles and bases separated, a bit pointless.

Actually the physical  part of any inspection is by far the most useful, after all things can pass on the meter with big holes in the sides and damaged cables and all sorts.

If you have to then missing out a meter test, that is far less serious then missing the human senses one.... (eyes and  feel, for splits in cables and cases and so on,  and maybe a sniff for the smell of burning from motors are the key ones here, not taste so much..)


regards Mike.

Precisely the bane of all quality pat test engineers is the sticker jockie who simply plugs things into the tester runs the test ticks the boxes the slaps a sticker on with no proper inspection to actually make sure the item is in a safe condition an appropriate for how and where its used, I have often used a smell test to check for signs of failure or wear that cant be seen or felt during a visual inspection and taste is a great one for undamaged bakelite check (watching out for asbestos of course, thank you David tenant as the Doctor in doctor who lol)