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| PAT: Portable Appliance Testing: In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment - Revised edition: In-service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment (Newnes) | 
 enlarge | Author: Brian Scaddan
Publisher: Newnes
Category: Book
List Price: £9.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 15021
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2Rev Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 96
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.8 x 0.3
ISBN: 0750659165
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9780750659161
ASIN: 0750659165
Publication Date: May 28, 2003
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 Hit or Miss? February 1, 2008
Several mistakes in the sample questions and answers. Never mind, we are only dealing with electricity! This from a C&G chief examiner? Better to buy the IEE Code of Practice instead.
Dated July 31, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The format of this book is very much as a classroom text book. It is of very limited use as a guide or for information outside a classroom with a tutor to expand on the theory and practice. To be fair that is basically its intended market. But as a reference book or for self tuition it is pretty hopeless as are many of these in this series. Better to buy the IEE guide as a reference book.
MT
not impressed - at best poor - i would ask for my money back August 2, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
i bought this along with the IEE code of practice for in service inspection and testing of electrical equipment, in preparation for the c&g2377 exam. (i have worked in industry for many years as a domestic appliance engineer for bosch siemens and electrolux and have just got a job PAT testing for a local college - hence why i am sitting the exam)i think the main problem of the book is it tries to be a bit of everything, without focusing specifically on key areas. the book constantly makes reference to the code of practice (which you will need so save your money and just buy that instead) and is not comprehensive enough to even answer all the example questions in the back of the book. two key points 1)the book makes no reference as far as i recall to the labelling of appliances tested. 2) on the subject of touch current, the author makes the excuse 'the exact method of conducing this test is not at all clear in the code of practice, and as it is quite unusual to perform such a test in normal circumstances it has been omitted from this volume'(page36). i confess the reference to protective conductor/touch current measuremnt in the code of practice isn't very clear, however i understood it after reading it through a couple of times! (it's simply refering to what used to be known as earth leakage current) Not at all what i would expect from a chief examiner and honary member of the city & guilds who runs pat testing courses!
 It does exactly what it says on the cover February 21, 2004
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
A good solid basis on which to learn about In service testing. This book gives you the basics of the subject, including legislation as well as actual testing. It would be an advantage to read the IEE guidelines subsequent to the book. All in all a handy reference book for quick check backs and decent refresher quiz on relevant questions.
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