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Hi all
anyone out there do PAT testing ?
if so whats all involved regarding traning etc ?
is it worthwhile these days ?
your thoughts please thanksRe: PAT Testing
Yep, we do it for schools and suchlike.
No issues and no formal qualification needed either. Most kits come with a DVD and manual explaining what you need to do.
K.
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I do it also but get my son to do them for me, one of my letting agents has just landed me with about a 100 houses to do, got promises from a couple of others, its worked out well this month as my repair work has taken a little dip but the pat testing has more than compensated for it.
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Most people charge £50 for 10 items and some charge less per item if it’s bulk like schools and offices.
Apparently bulk PAT testing is very boring. A lot of caretakers or maintenance staff carry out PAT testing.
I know this because I attended the same training course with them. They all passed the test.Do the maths – £250 for the training then £250 for the equipments, you got it sorted for three years when you are used to paying £1000’s each year to PAT test a whole school.
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Thanks johnnyj
thats what i was thinking an extra service that fits in with whitegoods repairs and could help income .
i guess it could get a bit tedious at times but i like to keep busy and earn extra doshRe: PAT Testing
I looked into the idea of doing PAT testing years ago but after finding out that P Testing is not a legal requirement in private residential homes nor is a landlord or letting agent obliged by law to have it done the process is rather pointless. Where a landlord wishes to comply with the HSE ‘guidance’ and seeks PTesting they are normally insistant that ALL electrics are tested in each property including irons, kettles, table lamps and all manner of gizmos which for 20p a test is wasting my time beyond realistic. Especially as any appliance that fails the test the landlord would then ask if I could fix it and if no who? And I have no intention of rewiring a dodgy table lamp, a greasy Baby Belling on a filthy worktop or messing with some flea ridden Dyson. Or for that matter risking a slipped disc trying to get to the plugtop of a rusty chest freezer under the stairs………no tah!
In my patch there is a plethora of PAT testing companies that cover domestic &
commercial premises (shops, offices, care homes, schools etc). Often out of hours to avoid disruption and charge a average of 50p an appliance so that is not what I call a money making venture.£250 to take a PAT course now is it……? Crikey :shocked:
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It’s only any real benefit I find when there’s a load to do as a standalone service.
However, you can win a bit by doing it for free as an addition when you do a repair, which is what we do for local councils etc. They seem to appreciate the fact and like it.
Given it takes two minutes and can win you work over others…
K.
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Martin you say PAT is pointless? Surely anything that adds to the customers safety is not pointless, bit like testing earth loop in a house, not a legal requirement either
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My idea in doing it was another sideline to not have all my eggs in one basket with added benefit if something fails like a couple of washing machines recently resulted in more income for me, problem with that i’ve never realy had time to do very many due to always being busy thats why i get my son to do them, he can do things with my tester i never new it could do i’m also thinking of using the profits from this to invest in more equipment to make it even easier for him.
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DrDill wrote:Martin you say PAT is pointless?
No, not that PAT is pointless Doc but rather when I looked into the idea of doing PAT testing years ago and finding it not to be a legal requirement, the whole process of my bothering is rather pointless. I then elaborated further my reasoning in my earlier post. On the contrary to your interpretation I fully appreciate the significance and importance of the PAT test but not sufficiently viable for me to even consider expanding my business services.
If it costs upwards of £500 to even set up shop doing PAT these days I would certainly give it short shrift. But each to their own I suppose and if you can enhance your business by performing this service then I wish well of those who do. 😀
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I was given a job to “repair” the dishwasher because an estate agent employed a PAT testing man to carry out the tests. Oddly enough the regulations says for class one appliance to pass is minimum of 1 mohms. The dw in question was 46.1 mohms. Goodness knows how he would respond to older Bosch machines?
According to the rules the dw passed, there’s no history of tripping the electrics. It was in full working order. Anyway I traced it to heating element which I replaced and tested the machine.
There could be advantage to do pat test which could net you more repair work.
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Martin wrote:
DrDill wrote:
Martin you say PAT is pointless?No, not that PAT is pointless Doc but rather when I looked into the idea of doing PAT testing years ago and finding it not to be a legal requirement, the whole process of my bothering is rather pointless. I then elaborated further my reasoning in my earlier post. On the contrary to your interpretation I fully appreciate the significance and importance of the PAT test but not sufficiently viable for me to even consider expanding my business services.
If it costs upwards of £500 to even set up shop doing PAT these days I would certainly give it short shrift. But each to their own I suppose and if you can enhance your business by performing this service then I wish well of those who do. 😀
So you advocate loop testing the whole house, which is not a legal requirement but you wouldn’t PAT test all the appliances in the house.
Shame on you.
I guess there are limits then, to clients safety. 😉
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lee8 wrote:Shame on you.
We always know when it’s a weekend don’t we, as that’s always when lee8 pops up with his wooden spoon. :rolls:
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