Bristol Pat Testing Ltd Email and Phone Number

We carry out low cost PAT Testing for all businesses, Landlords and self employed businesses throughout Bristol and surrounding areas. We provide a low cost portable appliance testing service to businesses enabling us to keep our travel and overhead costs down which inevitably helps Bristol PAT Testing stand out from our competitors.PAT Testing is an important part of any health and safety policy.There are 4 main sets of legislation that are applicable to inspection and testing of in-service electrical equipment.The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974The Management of Health and Safety at Work Act Regulations 1999The Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998The Electricity at Work Regulations 1989The Health and Safety Executive states that 25% of all reportable electrical accidents involve portable appliances. The Electricity at Work Regulations place a legal responsibility on employers, employees and also self employed persons, to comply with the provisions of the regulations and take reasonable steps to ensure that there poses no danger from the use of equipment. Therefore this means that implementation of a systematic program of maintenance, inspection and repair should be maintained. The Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) places such an obligation on employers where appliances are used by employees, where the public may use appliances in places such as schools, hotels, shops etc. On places where appliances are supplied or hired and where appliances are repaired and serviced.The IEE code of Practice recognises 4 different test situations:Type Testing to an appropriate standardProduction TestingIn Service TestingTesting after repairIn service testing will involve:Preliminary inspectionEarth continuity test (for Class 1 equipment)Insulation TestingFunctional checksNo minimum charge, no call out fees, Free retest of all failed appliances when repaired, lowest cost PAT Testing.