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On 23/10/10 08:57, Tom Brough wrote: > > For those that still think that public sector tries to help people ..... > > Hi Tom, > > Sorry for the delay in replying to you. > > I have checked this with the council's Health and Safety prime. Torbay > Council does require charger units to have been PAT tested and would > expect chargers and plug units to have a test stamp/ certificate. Apparently Torbay Council hasn't bothered to read the guidelines of the Health and Safety Executive. (Which arn't exactly hard to find.) > Apparently the cost of inspection is a pound or two upwards depending on > the electrician/ company used. Nice little earner for companies involved. Which might go a long way to explaining why lots of things which rarely (even ever) need a PAT test wind up with lots of stickers on... > The only alternative that I can see, if you are only bringing laptop and > netbook equipment, is that you ensure it is fully charged so that you do > not need to plug in at all. Wonder what they'd say to bringing a fully charged UPS or a generator :)
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