Comments on: PAT Testing

By: Jamie Morgan

Jamie Morgan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:07:16 +0000

Really nice article, shows clearly why PAT Testing should be carried out by qualified electrical engineers and electrical technicians, experience has to be paid for by customers, cheap testing has to stop.

By: Chris Smith

Chris Smith — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:29:56 +0000

We hear this quite a lot from some of our customers, the problem is that many engineers are paid on a per test basis which encourages them to test quickly and sometimes more than they need. Our testers are on a salary which discourages cowboying and rushed testing.

By: PASS Ltd

PASS Ltd — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:26:00 +0000

Hi Guys,
Great Blog guys and lots of interesting comments. I’d be interested to know your thoughts on the governments comments lately regarding Pat Testing ? If any of you guys need training courses or Pat Testing Equipment then we’d be only too happy to help. A few of you may have dealt with us in the past.

By: Barry Atkins

Barry Atkins — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 21:20:00 +0000

Hi Russell,
If any of you guys need help with using or choosing the best pat tester then give us a call or visit the website on http://www.pattesters.co.uk also any technical issues the guys will be able to help out

Cheers

Barry Atkins

By: PAT Testing

PAT Testing — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:56:00 +0000

Hi, it looks like theres going to be a real shake up in pat testing according to the Iet, watch this space.

By: Yeti Ltd Hull

Yeti Ltd Hull — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:11:29 +0000

Hi guys,just stumbled upon this site,after searching pat test scams,good stuff,if i can input anything,i will,at mo bubbling,as constantly getting blown on price and daily,seeing previous pat companys,passing items which a year earlier where just as dangerous as when i recently inspected them,i try my best to do everything right nappit membership,trustmark .liability insurence,calibration,17 th edition.2377 etc.and still these guys ruin it for us all,gave quote on office last week @1 per item was blown by 50% told customer it would take me approx 3 hours for 50 items,was told company they use only takes 45 mins,hey i need more experience.did i get the job NO,hey ho,not convinced that we will triumph against these guys,will happily become a member of any body which promotes an association which will benefit us genuine companys,dont even mind a subscription,please contact me if i can be of any help.good guys keep on doing what you doing

By: paul

paul — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:24:30 +0000

What a thread, some interesting stuff. It seems that laptop power leads, xmas lights and so on cause a bit of confussion.

As far as i’m aware DELL power packs are a little different in that they have an earth to the DC output. So an earth test (clip onto the output) will work.

By: Dave J

Dave J — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:11:09 +0000

That’s disgusting mate.
Not sure what else to say without swearing, that annoy’s me so much it’s unbelievable.

By: Stevie Gee

Stevie Gee — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:11:13 +0000

Hey Unhappy Man,

Thank you for being so honest!

Hopefully you have found a job with a more honest company – if so I wish you all the best.

This will be my last rant about NES (RIP) as this forum should be about more important issues.

What I really want to know is how NES went bust owing unpaid taxes to the HMRC of nearly £1,500,000 and still managed to start trading again, almost immediately, under a different name? By the way some of those taxes included National Insurance contributions that the staff had already had deducted from their wages but never actually got paid to the Taxman!!

Prove me wrong?

By: Unhappy

Unhappy — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:57:29 +0000

Hi
I used to work for the company that were formally nationwide.
They have re employed all engineers although the reson for liquidation seems a bit muddled.?
You are expected to do 200 tests on a good day
You must do a leakage test on all microwaves ( 8.00) and test all sockets on a site,(29.99) this is charged extra to what the customer agreed (You can imagine the arguments)
Policy seemed to be, get in, test (?) as many as you can, get paid, get out, in as little time as possible.

My concience got the better of me in the end