PAT Testing
The costs for getting a green label on your electrical equipment these days are considerable. Save money without compromising on safety. Our technicians are fully qualified to City & Guilds 2377 standard to carry out these tests.
This testing is commonly known as PAT (Portable Appliance Testing) but covers static equipment as well. There are also Health & Safety guidelines that should be followed if any of your appliances are being used by members of the public. Irrespective of who carries out your PAT Testing, you have a responsibility to carry out regular visual checks.
If you commission us to do your PAT testing, we will also test maintained computer equipment free if you take out a Maintenance Contract with us. On top of this, we offer excellent discounts to test your remaining equipment. This means that the money saved by Ayrshire Network Solutions doing your PAT Testing can also offset the cost for a Maintenance Contract.
What We Test
We use state of the art equipment to test your appliances. The tester we use is said to be the fastest in the world and carries out the following tests to give you more than a green sticker, but gives you peace of mind too !
Depending on the type of appliance these are the tests we carry out....
| Test | Function |
| Earth Continuity | This test checks that the connection betwesen the earth pin in the mains plug of the appliance and the metal casing of the appliance is satisfactory and is of sufficiently low resistance. |
| Insulation Resistance | This is used to verify that the mains supply pins are adequately insulated from earth. |
| IEC Lead Test | IEC Leads are tested in 3 stages for continuity, insulation and polarity. |
| Protective Earth Conductor Current | This test displays the current flowing down the earth line of the EUT. This is measured by looking at the difference in current flowing in the live and neutral conductors. The test is displayed in mA. |
| Touch Current | This displays the current that would flow if a person touched the appliance. This is based on a body model of 2kΩ as per IEC61010. |
| RCD Trip Time | This test passes a sinusoidal current of 30mA down the earth conductor and measures the time it takes for the mains supply to trip. |
| Earth Loop Resistance | This checks the resistance of the Live to Earth circuit of the installation. |