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Hello all, I’ve been asked a question which is puzzling afew people, so I’m trying to get a definitive answer.
An organisation who I do some testing for is fittinginverters in vehicles so that laptops can be used. The inverters are wired intothe vehicles 12v system and a cable is plugged into the inverter’s 3 pin socketoutlet. This cable runs to a 3 pin outlet which is fitted in the rear of theglove box, so everything in the circuit is hidden out of sight. The questionis, does the cable from the inverter to the 3 pin outlet in the glovebox need to be PAT tested. It can be unpluggedfrom the inverter, but it is fixed to the vehicle and the outlet socket on theother end is fixed as well.
I would welcome anyone’s views on this.
Thanks for looking…K-PAT
An organisation who I do some testing for is fittinginverters in vehicles so that laptops can be used. The inverters are wired intothe vehicles 12v system and a cable is plugged into the inverter’s 3 pin socketoutlet. This cable runs to a 3 pin outlet which is fitted in the rear of theglove box, so everything in the circuit is hidden out of sight. The questionis, does the cable from the inverter to the 3 pin outlet in the glovebox need to be PAT tested. It can be unpluggedfrom the inverter, but it is fixed to the vehicle and the outlet socket on theother end is fixed as well.
I would welcome anyone’s views on this.
Thanks for looking…K-PAT