New to Pat testing - Help on costs!

[Simon-0116]

Day rate, and fix things thats broke. People will under cut you but you will guarantee most items will be safe and mended.

 

[Adam W]

Day rate, and fix things thats broke. People will under cut you but you will guarantee most items will be safe and mended.

That's what clients will be most likely to go for - they're getting someone in to pass all their appliances, not fail them.

As for 'averages' it depends on how many appliances they have and how accessible they are, not what type of business they are, eg a 'restaurant' could have exactly the same appliances as a 'pub', but another pub or restaurant may be bigger, or have loads of table lamps, etc. Likewise in some offices you can spend most of your time moving furniture around to unplug things.
I tested a 'factory' once, which made sheds. Apart from a table saw and a few chargers for battery drills, most of the appliances were in the office.

 

[Guest77]

That's just a side job, I have a full time job also

Fair enough, that is completely different then.

 

[Essex_]

Calculate all you overheads and add them together. Divide this figure by 240 which is the number of days (approx) you will work in a year taking 4 weeks holiday. If you can do 50 items a day then divide you last figure by 50. That is your break even figure per item.