PATTA News & Guidance

PAT Testing in a holiday let In Cornwall, a lot of the County relies heavily on the tourism industry. Since we started testing in the South West, each year, around 30-50% of our business has been through holiday lets alone. There are some Letting agents who insist on a PAT Certificate before they will advertise [...]

Guidance on Phone Chargers   British plugs & sockets are amongst the safest in the world. This is because the British BS1363 standard has been around for decades, also due to laws like the Plugs & Sockets Act 1994. In fact, it is illegal in the UK to sell an electrical item with a plug [...]

Insurance, what do I need? As a sole trader starting out, it would be worth visiting your local broker to discuss exactly what you require with your insurance. Most start with Public Liability of around £2million, however as your business grows it’s recommended to review your insurance year on year (unless unusual circumstances [...]

Class II Flex, Clear or same colour flex            You may occasionally come across Class II flex where it is either transparent or the same colour all the way through. This does not necessarily mean it’s automatically a fail due to no visible Live Phase (Brown) or Neutral (Blue) to distinguish terminal position within [...]

Product Recalls   If you’re not already doing it, adding product recall to your business could help your USP and help your customers safety. Most people (and we’ve all done it) go out and buy that electrical appliance but take no notice of the “register my appliance” card in the box. Well it is there [...]

Ask yourself… Do you know what sort of injury high levels of microwave energy causes? Do you know that damage is cumulative? Do you know the “Safe level” and how that level was derived? If you find a leak, what are you going to do? Tell the customer not to use the oven?? Say “It [...]