Fixed Appliance Testing (FAT Testing)

 

A fixed appliance is an electrical appliance which is usually connected to the electricity supply via a fused outlet to which the flex is permanently connected. Fixed Appliance examples are: storage heaters, hand dryers, cookers, machine tools.

 

We found the faults below during a Fixed Appliance Testing assignment recently.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Without a Fixed Appliance Test, would you have known that the cooker was dangerous? Would you have noticed the damaged cooker cable lurking behind it? Would you have known that there was a missing earth sleeve and poor, loose connections? Fixed appliances can kill and most of them have NEVER been tested. Why? Because Fixed Appliance Testing (FAT) is not as well known as PAT Testing which is frightening when you consider how often fixed appliances are used in daily life.

 

What is lurking in your workplace or home? Is your business controlling its electrical risks or is there more you could be doing?

 

Do you supply or rent out any Electrical Appliances?

 

All employers and organisations have a duty to meet numerous health and safety requirements/regulations and one of the ways in which this can be done is by choosing ACtest Limited to help you!

 

Our Fixed Appliance Testing service can include a full, visual and combined inspection and electrical safety test (from the electrical outlet to the appliance) including all cable and control units as well as labelling and a certificate of testing.

 

Under the current Fixed Appliance Testing regulations we can certify each Fixed Appliance from one to four years depending on the equipment type, installation and environment.