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Damaged Equipment!

	This plug has signs of burning around the live terminal backed by a 13A fuse. This plug was found on a radio brought into the workplace by a member of staff. The correct size fuse should have been a 3A. This could have caused a major fire within the work place. Can you imagine if a PAT test had not been done.		A plug on a radio in a old peoples home that was incorrectly wired up. This meant that there was no protection provided by the fuse. A least it had the correct fuse fitted. This was the first time this home had its PAT testing carried out.
	A plug fitted to a industrial oven, plugged into the socket pictured below. This was in the kitchen of a organization that provides care to the elderly public. The neutral pin has melted the plastic of the socket on the wall. A potential fire/electric shock waiting to happen. PAT testing paid for itself again.		A Dimplex electric heater in use at the time of testing, within the factory of a large blue chip company. This appliance was only PAT tested 6 months ago and passed then. This sort of damage should have been spotted by the daily user checks if they were carried out. PAT testing does pay for itself.
	This is the damaged 13A socket that the plug above damaged, this fault would not be found if PAT testing was not carried out.		Over heating of a 13A socket, found in a office complex. The appliance using this socket, a kettle was found to be faulty and failed its portable appliance test Fixed sockets can be changed at the same time as the PAT testing is carried out.

All the above images are items that have failed their PAT test within the last 12 months. All were in use at the time of PAT testing.