PAT Test Labels

What are the Benefits of Portable Appliance Testing (PAT)?

Appliance testing is easily neglected in a business. Items such as microwaves are simply replaced when they stop working. PAT labels help you and your company manage the risks posed by faulty electrical equipment. The benefits of controlled PAT testing and inspections include:

• Compliance with UK workplace regulations on health and safety. Electrical safety test labels, as risk control measures, promote health and safety in the workplace.


• Preventing risks such as electrical shocks to people that can result in injury or even death. You can use PAT stickers for smaller electrical items such as kettles.


• Limiting the possibility of appliances shorting and causing fires. You can use personalised PAT labels for your company on doors to appliance rooms to ensure that you remember to perform inspections and testings.


• Cost savings as it is more expensive to replace appliances than repair them. Insurers can also lower premiums if you can prove that you regularly inspect and test your appliances. You can affix PAT test cable tags around the cables of appliances if you do not want to attach an electrical safety label to surfaces.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recommends that the frequency of tests and inspections depends on the level of risk a faulty electrical appliance poses and the construction of the equipment. You should keep the following in mind when setting your testing and inspection schedules for portable electrical equipment:

• Risks associated with inappropriate use of the equipment.


• Resistance and durability to external conditions of the environment in which you use the equipment.


• Monitoring if contractors perform testing and inspections on any leased equipment.

Our label selection includes a variety of alternatives you can choose from to mark and record your appliance testing schedules. These include:

• Vinyl cloth write-on labels that can be attached and removed as needed. These can be used for indoor and outdoor appliances and stick to most surfaces. You can write whatever information you desire on the label and have a choice to have generic information printed in either blue, red, black, orange, or green.


• Write-on labels with a protective adhesive cover that can be used on appliances exposed to spills and splatters such as those present in kitchens. The covering protects the label while displaying the necessary testing information.


• Electrical test labels with special pressure adhesive that firmly sticks to surfaces. These labels have smudge-proof surfaces ensuring that the information remains clear and legible.

Seton supplies PAT test stickers and labels for portable electrical equipment in either rolls or packs of varying quantities. Bright colours, such as green on white or dark blue on white, making these electrical safety test labels visible and easy to spot on any appliance.

Electrical test labels are therefore integral to ensuring a safe working environment and either preventing or limiting the risks associated with electrical appliances.