PAT Testing/Damaged faceplates

[Earthling]

Put it this way - the internals of a PC are segmented. The PSU is in its own casing. If this casing is damaged, I'd say its a fail. However, outside that case, the maximum voltage is 12V. People in electronics and physics lessons use batteries and power supplies to supply projects with electricity.

 

12V.....same as electric train sets and Scalextrics, I believe, at least my old train set was.

 

I miss my train set.

 

[Oaktech]

The letter of the pat qualification says if the case is damaged it's a fail. But common sense and a little electrical understanding says that as long as the psu casing is undamaged then the voltages available through a damaged external casing should be low and as safer than a 9v battery! I would advise that the case should be repaired but more from a physical safety point of view rather than electrical safety.

[DrCheese]

Thanks for the feedback. We decided to leave it as is for the moment. We feel that the kit is safe enough to use, as it's really just cosmetic damage. None failed for any other reason (They were tested) & If we felt that they were dangerous then we would take them out of action

 

The massive great big "FAILED" stickers are annoying, but a huge chunk of our kit is being replaced over the summer, so they won't be around for too long

[BTCC_Fan]

Does this mean that all RaspberryPIs will fail their PAT tests as they have no case?

 

I know its slighlty different because of the voltages but surely its the same principle.

[2097]

we got some new fujitsu's , kids pushed in the floopy slots

 

I bought some cheap memory card readers , plugged them in jobs a gooden !

[steven-glenburn]

Hey everyone

 

We noticed these 2 machines in the pictures below had no floppy disk covers, so we taped them up ready for when the PAT testers came around to testing them.

However, they have FAILED these, the floppy drives aren't even connected to any power as they don't get used by anyone. What do you guys think about this, is it wrong to have failed them!?

 

 

[localzuk]

Personally, I think they're being overly officious. The entire point of open areas is 'can the person come in contact with electricity'. The answer to that in this case is 'no', so realistically, they're safe.

[plexer]

Hey everyone

 

We noticed these 2 machines in the pictures below had no floppy disk covers, so we taped them up ready for when the PAT testers came around to testing them.

However, they have FAILED these, the floppy drives aren't even connected to any power as they don't get used by anyone. What do you guys think about this, is it wrong to have failed them!?

 

Ask them why they failed them and counter their response.

 

Ben