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User Checks (visual)
Formal Visual Inspections
Combined Inspections and Tests
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Although a good initial level of safety can
be achieved by correct selection and use of
equipment and its connectors and cables, lasting
safety can only be attained by ongoing and
effective maintenance (see paragraphs 36-37).
Users should treat their equipment reasonably,
including stopping it if defects occur and
reporting them.
Tn many cases (eg Class I equipment), the
safety of portable electrical equipment depends
on the continued integrity of the earthing, and
correct connections, of the fixed electrical
installation up to and including the socket
supplying the equipment. So you should also
correctly select, use and maintain the fixed
installation, although this is outside the scope of
this guide - see Inspection and testing (Guidance
Note 3) from the Institution of Electrical
Engineers (IEE)6 for guidance on inspection and
testing of the fixed electrical installation.
Maintenance can include visual inspection,
testing, repair and replacement. Maintenance
will determine whether equipment is fully
serviceable or remedial action is necessary
Routine inspection and appropriate testing,
where necessary, are normally part of any
overall strategy for ensuring that work
equipment is maintained in a safe condition.
Cost-effective maintenance of portable
electric equipment can be achieved by a
combination of:
• checks by the user;
• formal visual inspections by a person
trained and appointed to carry them out;
• combined inspection and tests by an
electrically competent person or by a
contractor.
Management should follow up these
procedures by monitoring the effectiveness of
the system and taking action where faults are
found, particularly when faults are frequent.
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