Health and Safety and Portable Appliance Testing
Why test your portable appliances. The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 require that any electrical equipment that has the potential to cause injury is maintained in a safe condition. However, the Regulations do not specify what needs to be done, by whom or how frequently….
What needs to be Portable Appliance Tested?
Are you sure you know what needs testing? There is no definition of what a ‘Portable Appliance’ is in the current legislation, however the standard interpretation is “any appliance that has a plug attached to it and plugs into a wall outlet”. Because of this,...
Which Fuse Should Be In My Plug?
Which Fuse? For many, which fuse should be used in a plug is a puzzling conundrum, and yet it is important that the correct one is selected. The reason becomes clear when we understand what a fuse is designed to do and how it works....
The Correct Use of Extension Leads
It’s always the way: we want to use more appliances than we have wall sockets or the wall socket is too far away from where we want our electrical kit. So we solve the problem by using an extension lead. The first thing to remember…