Class 1 appliance with no exposed metal work to connect test lead too

gkenyon:

I wouldn't make the assumption that all fixed appliances are tested as part of the electrical installation.


I would hope at least earth continuity to the element in a shower, but I've definitely come across electricians who only test to wiring termination points, because that's where BS 7671 stops (the Wiring Regs apply to electrical equipment and assemblies only as far as their selection goes ... not their inspection and testing).


Also, the IET Code of Practice covers appliances and equipment that is directly wired too - that's why it's called IET Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Test of Electrical Equipment and not IET Code of Practice for Portable Appliance Testing.


This is confirmed in the preface to the 5th Edition of the IET CoP, which has the following statement (my underline):

Another principal clarification is the demarcation between equipment connected to a fixed electrical installation and the installation itself. Generally, fixed-wiring electrical inspections will verify the installation as far as the connection point for equipment. This can leave many items of permanently installed electrical equipment (such as hand-dryers) failing to be checked, as they neither come under a company's ‘portable appliance testing’ (PAT) regime (because they are not portable appliances), nor under the fixed wiring inspection and testing programme.

 

Thanks for the reply and yes I understand that some fixed appliances need to fall under pat testing but for me as not a qualified spark some kind of inspections are outside of my responsibility and remit therefore would have to be inspected by a more qualified person 

gkenyon:

I wouldn't make the assumption that all fixed appliances are tested as part of the electrical installation.


I would hope at least earth continuity to the element in a shower, but I've definitely come across electricians who only test to wiring termination points, because that's where BS 7671 stops (the Wiring Regs apply to electrical equipment and assemblies only as far as their selection goes ... not their inspection and testing).


Also, the IET Code of Practice covers appliances and equipment that is directly wired too - that's why it's called IET Code of Practice for In-Service Inspection and Test of Electrical Equipment and not IET Code of Practice for Portable Appliance Testing.


This is confirmed in the preface to the 5th Edition of the IET CoP, which has the following statement (my underline):

Another principal clarification is the demarcation between equipment connected to a fixed electrical installation and the installation itself. Generally, fixed-wiring electrical inspections will verify the installation as far as the connection point for equipment. This can leave many items of permanently installed electrical equipment (such as hand-dryers) failing to be checked, as they neither come under a company's ‘portable appliance testing’ (PAT) regime (because they are not portable appliances), nor under the fixed wiring inspection and testing programme.

 

Thanks for the reply and yes I understand that some fixed appliances need to fall under pat testing but for me as not a qualified spark some kind of inspections are outside of my responsibility and remit therefore would have to be inspected by a more qualified person