Northern PAT-Guard

We serve Doncaster, Rotherham, Sheffield, Barnsley, Leeds and Wakefield and other adjoining areas. We come to you, test all your equipment and leave you with an itemised report showing all your passed assets.  Northern PAT Guard the first choice when it comes to electrical safety. Defects in electrical appliances which could cause hazard can go unnoticed without the regular checks. It is the way many businesses keep their electrical appliances safe in accordance with the the IET code of practice & the Health & Safety Executive recommendations. Portable Appliance Testing is a detailed examination of each appliance. This can only be carried out by a competent engineer. It involves the visual inspection as well as checking via plugging in to the testing machine. Some defects can only be found by a visual test and some via electrical testing so it is very important we do both. Visual Check. This includes the Cable right from the plug to the appliance. The cable having the correct rating for the appliance, the fuse having the correct rating with regard the cable (not necessarily a 13a in a 13a plug as the fuse in the event of a problem is designed to protect the cable and blow before the cable melts) On the visual inspection I'm also looking inside the plug to ensure that the wires are correctly placed and not snagged, trapped or brittle etc.  Plugging into the machine/meter - This checks for Earth continuity, Insulation and Earth Leakage. There is an amount of knowledge needed by the engineer to translate the data to a pass. Most test machines say whether the appliance has passed or failed but it's not as simple as that. The earth continuity threshold depends on other factors which the meter can not know but a competent PAT tester will know when to pass the item. This is in line with IET code of Practice. The Leakage threshold is set usually to 0.75mA on the PAT test machine but some items are passed above this threshold and are totally correct in line with the Health & Safety Executive and the IET Code of Practice. Any less than the above and a fault occuring through an appliance which has not been checked to this standard would be deemed 'untested' and therefore you are throwing money away to someone who is in fact lying about the service he/she provides. On a claim your insurance would possibly not pay out.  PATTA is the only trade organisation for PAT testing. Until recently there was no sign of PAT testing ever becoming a legal requirement. Very soon it may be and only the safety conscious will remain in the business. PATTA have put many restrictions in place that it's members must adhere to.  PATTA members will also be seen to be giving advice to their customers too so that many areas previously misconstrued can be made clearer. This is never to say use my business only - but I would urge that you would either use a PATTA member or at least have the knowledge yourself to know if the job is being done correctly. 

Danielle Grace Williams
5 Star
Danton is brilliant for reliability and he obviously knows his stuff. Was amazing when I booked him to have my equipment pat tester. When through everything and recommended things I needed. Was done within the hour and just cracked on. Very trust worthy too. I will defo be using him next time!
Thursday 21st March 2019

Life of KB
5 Star
Highly recommended. Sean was very thorough unlike some previous PAT testers. Made me feel very at ease that all my equipment was safe and at a good standard. Thanks Sean, will 100% recommend you.
Thursday 28th March 2019

Russell Ofriel
5 Star
came on time 100% genuine guy definitely be using again & recommending him to other people
Friday 9th August 2019

smitch1 mitch
5 Star
Very thorough test of my tools and equipment! Friendly guy and highly recommend, I will be using them again 👍🏻👍🏻
Wednesday 13th February 2019

Paul Brown
5 Star
Had these guys to my garage last week to keep me up to date and safe .not only did he check all my equipment .he made us all laugh with his funny jokes.lovely guy on time and fair priced .better safe than sorry did find a bad cable on my brake tester.wich could have caused me alot problems. I highly recommend this guy.and thank you Sean.
Sunday 10th February 2019