PAT Testing your electrical equipment whether it is in your home, school, rented property, factory or office will help to identity whether they are faulty or counterfeit and will allow you to make an executive decision whether you keep or disregard the electrical device.
With online buying overtaking the high street shops it has meant that we are now buying electrical items from all over the world via Amazon, eBay and other online stores. Statistics for people buying counterfeit goods has soured in recent years with around 1 in 3 households falling victim to this. The products are generally of lesser quality than their genuine counterparts.
Electrical Safety First has identified that there is a growing demand for counterfeit products in the UK as they become easier to find using online shops. before the internet it would be extremely hard to purchase these products as the high street was the main source of distributor. On reflection, many online buyers are being duped into purchasing from websites that look genuine and can even appear to be distributing from the UK but in fact are overseas using fake UK addresses.
UK residents believe that they are protected with online stores and think that they are regulated but this is not the case. A website can be launched and look 100% genuine and then completely disappear the following week, unlike bricks and mortar shops that require a more secure paper trail.
It may seem like a deal or too good to be true when you see a product that looks like the branded equivalent at a fraction of the cost, but you don’t know what you’re getting and is it really worth the risk of injury for this small saving?
PAT Testing your equipment periodically can prevent electrical accidents in your home, office, school or rented property and identify fake products.
