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Not sure how I feel about this.
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Someone:
The good thing is in service testing is not mandated. So you could introduce some form of internal training/assessment and meet OHS obligations. For your organisation that could well exceed the average safety provided by the typical (almost blind) PAT testing. But that cannot be generalised to other organisations.
PlainName:

--- Quote ---The person(s) using said device are more than capable of doing it themselves every time they use/move/connect the device.
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Just noting that this is the idealised theory, but in practice it tends to be someone elses problem. Particularly where the workforce is non-technical and there only to make a wage. I've seen  automatic roller doors where the support cable has popped off its bobbin and hanging in a tangle, but the door works because the other side is still OK. No-one is going to even raise a question about it until it actually stops. And that's despite the usual operator warning signs plastered all over the place.

Fires aren't the only potential issue with poorly maintained stuff.
coppice:

--- Quote from: Halcyon on January 23, 2024, 01:44:04 am ---I agree with the point about safety, however I don't agree with paying someone $5 per device, to spend a few seconds every year performing that visual inspection. The person(s) using said device are more than capable of doing it themselves every time they use/move/connect the device. It doesn't take any special skill or expertise to see that something is damaged and shouldn't be used.

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I have found that most people who are afraid of electricity have very good reason to be. As a student I did some repair of small appliances, to get a little money. Often from people who said electricity scared them, and they wouldn't do anything to the appliances themselves. This notion of not doing anything didn't extend to treating the cord with some respect, and not tying it in knots every time the appliance was put away. Cord abuse seems to be inversely related to how fearful people are of electricity. A rapidly degrading cord doesn't spur them into action until the appliance actually stops working.

The thing with the $5 PAT inspection is its not usually someone getting their own devices inspected, which would be a waste for anyone with a functioning brain. Its usually things like colleges not allowing student's appliances into a hall of residence until they have been independently inspected. Considering some of the things students try to use, this is probably a wise requirement.
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