Pat testing a fixed appliance

[UNG]

Can you help with this one then?
Our H&S chap carries out the PAT at my works. I recently renewed a .75 flex to a fixed appliance (so why it’s being PAT tested I don’t know). The PAT Tester failed the lead under earth continuity. He says the machine is failing it as it won’t read below .1 ohm. I think he is actually looking at the Earth Bond Test as reading should show less than 0.1+R Ohms (where R is the resistance of the lead). I tested the leads continuity and got .7 ohm from the earth pin on the plug to the casing of the item, which is acceptable. Am I wrong or should he reset his machine?.

When was the tester last calibrated or checked?

 

[manuluse]

When was the tester last calibrated or checked?

Dont quite know about that, but I do no the bloke is not an electrician and is just blindly believing what the tester says, he has form for it!

 

[dingledong]

so when you test adam you test the shower the immersion heatewr !! its portable appliance if they want a pir then they should ask for one

 

[pattesting1]

I think also...Electrical appliance safety test

 

[Adam W]

so when you test adam you test the shower the immersion heatewr !! its portable appliance if they want a pir then they should ask for one

No but I'd test the cooker. I'd also test the washing machine even though you can't push that around the floor like a vacuum cleaner, and even if it were wired into a FCU.