I have to agree it is comedy gold !@ashrow, I've just had a look at that website you mentioned in #2.
Some of the content is comedy gold, such as...
"PAT testing forms are provided only by approved contractors who are registered with the NICEIC/ECA. Persons performing testing who are permitted to offer PAT testing certificates have to be deemed competent to perform these tests."
"Certificates are normally very thorough and will include details about the test showing which portable appliances have been tested and which if any have passed or failed."
contradicted two paragraphs on by:
"PAT testing certificates will not show specific details of each individual appliance that has been tested.
I find that PAT testing is open to so much "lets cover our butts"
I used to test boarding houses at a local private school where many of the students appliances were from over seas, after failing a few with regard to single insulated flex and no fused plug tops etc i got complaints by the owners parents that by cutting of and replacing flex or even plug tops invalidated warranty (it was just a waste of time and the school just had to show compliance)
I even got into trouble for cutting the gardeners extension lead 3 pin plug and socket off which he had made up of the 2 core flex from an old flymo !
