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Industrial & Commercial Services
Periodic Inspection and Test
Every electrical installation deteriorates with use and age. You need to ensure that your staff, tenants – or anyone entering or using your property – are not put at risk, by ensuring that the electrical installation remains in a safe and serviceable condition. A Periodic Inspection checks the condition of an existing electrical installation against BS 7671, the UK Standard for the safety of electrical installations. A Periodic Inspection should: • Discover if electrical circuits or equipment is overloaded • Identify potential electrical shock risks and fire hazards • Find any defective electrical work • Highlight any lack of earthing or bonding.
You can rely on our team at GAP to give you the best advice on Periodic Inspection and Testing.
Electrical Installation Condition Reports
You cannot see electricity. Cables are usually hidden inside walls and consumer units are often hidden in cupboards, so it is not surprising that we forget to check the condition of our electrical installation for damage or wear and tear.
Faulty and old wiring is one of the main causes of electrical fires in business and at home. You can reduce the risk of fire by checking the condition of your cables, switches, sockets and other accessories regularly. A regular GAP condition report would identify any areas of hidden damage – and this would all be detailed in your EICR. We would be happy to provide a competitive quote to rectify any faults to ensure your safety and peace of mind.
PAT Testing
Portable Appliance Testing is required to establish the safety and suitability of your electrical appliances. We carry out an inspection of the appliance, its plug and lead, and also inject test signals into the cable and appliance to ensure their integrity. Upon completion you will receive a detailed report outlining all appliance performances and advice of any remedial work required. This also includes a label for each appliance, detailing date, next test due date and the inspector’s signature.
Emergency Light Testing
For your own safety, you should test your on site emergency light systems monthly.This can be a short, functional test in accordance with BS EN 50172:2004/BS5266-8:2004. However, an annual 3 hour, full-rated test should also be carried out by our professional team to ensure that the emergency lights are still working and producing an acceptable level of light.
Call us now to discuss your Emergency Lighting – don’t put your workforce or customers in danger.
Blowline Continuity Testing
The transference of any ‘particle’ around your plant through blowlines will introduce a ‘static electrical charge’. The only way to control this charge is effective earthing of the whole system. Gap Electrical will test each joint and provide a comprehensive report on each of your blowlines along with advice on how to remedy any problems.
Lightning Earth Rod Testing
If a building with a poorly maintained Lightning Protection System or a defective earth installation is struck by lightning – or static electricity – this can result in ‘flash-over’ to other metals within or on the structure. This can take place even without a direct strike because all lightning conductors pick up static – even if the storm is four miles away! A Lightning Protection Test should be carried out at a maximum of 12 monthly intervals.
Control Panel Risk Assessment
Gap Electrical can assess your control panels for safety, giving you the ability to make an informed decision as to which of your technicians can enter each panel during plant fault conditions.
RCD Testing
Residual Current Device testing is the process of safely ‘tripping’ your RCD to ensure it will operate quickly should there be an electrical incident. This is also known as ‘Safety Switch-Testing’ Your RCD is designed to switch off all power to that circuit. UK standards detail a maximum ‘trip-time’ for various RCDs – GAP’s competent technicians testing your RCD will be able to determine whether your RCD is tripping quickly enough, to ensure staff safety.
Thermographic Imaging and Surveys
Electrical Thermography identifies electrical issues that are unlikely to be detected during fixed wire testing and inspections. Periodic fixed wire testing is carried out to ensure safety devices such as earth protection, fuses and circuit-breakers operate as required under short-circuit and fault load conditions. These devices provide no protection against the risks associated with poor connections.
We at GAP know that Thermal Imaging should be carried out following fixed wire testing to ensure that poor connections have not been introduced during fixed wire testing activity.