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  • Choosing The Right PAT Testing and Tagging Equipment

     When looking for test and tag equipment, you will notice the large range you have to choose from, with all manufacturers claiming to meet Australian and New Zealand Standards. But this is not true.The tests that are required to meet AS/NZ 3760: 2003 are as follows· Polarity· Insulation Resistance· Earth Resistance· Current LeakageThe AS/NZ 3760 states that the earth resistance of the appliance can be tested either:1. With a current between 100-200mA this is called a earth continuity 2.More

  • Test and Tag Regulations Western Australia

     Regulation 4.37 of the Occupational Safety and Health Regulations 1996 places an obligation on a person who is an employer, a main contractor, a self employed person, a person having control of a workplace or a person having control of access to a workplace, to ‘ensure that plant at the workplace is subject to appropriate checks, tests and inspections necessary to reduce the risk of injury or harm occurring to a person at the workplace.A electrical testing and tagging regime for electrical equipment is the way to demonstrate compliance with the above regulation.More

  • NSW Test and Tag Regulations

     The electrical test and tag legislation in NSW has recently changed. On Friday 28 April 2006 Workcover NSW published the Occupational Health and Safety Amendment (Electrical Equipment) Regulation 2006 to amends the previous legislative contained in the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation 2001. This amending regulation now outlines working environments where testing and tagging of electrical equipment is required.Clause 64 (2)(a2) 1 ‘all electrical articles that are used in construction work are regularly inspected, tested and maintained by a competent person to ensure they are safe for use if the articles are supplied with electricity through an electrical outlet socket’Clause 64 (2)(a3) 1 ‘all electrical articles that are supplied with electricity through an electrical outlet socket that are at a place of work where the safe operation of the electrical article could be affected by a hostile operating environment are regularly inspected, tested and maintained by a competent person to ensure they are safe for use’Clause 64 (3) 1 ‘In this clause, hostile operating environment means an operating environment at a place of work where an electrical article is in its normal use subjected to operating conditions that are likely to result in damage to the article, and, for example, includes an operating environment that may: (a) cause mechanical damage to the article, or (b) expose the article to moisture, heat, vibration, corrosive substances or dust that is likely to result in damage to the article.More

  • Test and Tag Regulations Queensland

     All electrical equipment in the workplace must be regularly tested and tagged to determine whether the appliance is electrically safe for use. The testing requirements for the electrical equipment given in Part 5 Division 5 of the Electrical Safety Regulation 2002 depend on the equipments working environment (as defined in Section 83). Part 5 Division 5 specifies the testing intervals for class 2-4 equipment.More

  • You're Only Cheating Yourself -The Basics of Efficient Training

     One of my pet hates at the gym is inefficient training. Weight resistance training is the most effective way to strengthen and grow muscle mass when done right, but the fact of the matter is that many people waste years of training by not doing the exercises properly. Training to get the prefect physique isn’t only about working hard.More

  • What Does That Mean? Do You Really Know What You Are Eating?

     Food labels are a useful source of information on nutrition but in today’s world, food marketing can be very confusing. Manufactures make a lot of claims about there foods such as Lite, Reduced Fat or Diet but what do all these claims mean. Hopeful this article will give you enough information to shop healthier and keep your body at optimum health.More

  • Should You Lower Your Carbohydrates In Your Diet?

     There is a lot of discussion about low carb diets, and whether they are healthy or not. Everyone who has been on one knows that the first few days are hell. So why are people going on these diets?More

  • The Glycaemic Index (G.I) Revolution

     Over past decades there has been a great deal of research into glycaemic index, and it has been established that different carbohydrate foods have very different effects on blood sugar levels. This can be very useful for weight loss, managing diabetes, decreasing the risk heart disease and increasing athletic ability.Only a few years ago scientists believed that complex carbohydrates such as rice and potatoes were slow digesting foods which only caused a small rise in blood sugar levels.More