Portable Appliance Testing is one of Woodward Electrical Ltds specialities, we offer very competitive bulk rates for annual schedules which includes all Certification and Tagging. We use the latest equipment that logs and compiles all your equipment to a Data-base for ease of reporting.
The Health & Safety Executive states that 25% of all reportable electrical accidents that occur each year involve Portable Appliances. Approximately 1000 accidents are reported every year; sadly about 30 of these are fatalities.
Faulty or poorly maintained portable appliances are the main cause of fire within businesses, be it through the appliance itself catching fire or the appliance being the cause of gas or vapor igniting.
Periodic Test
Guidelines
User
Checks
Formal Visual
Inspection
Combined
Inspection
& Testing
Battery
Operated
NO
NO
N O
Extra Low
Voltage;
eg telephones,
low voltage
desk lights
NO
NO
NO
Double
Insulated
Equipment:
moved
occasionally;
eg fans/lamps
