{"id":269,"date":"2012-10-24T11:48:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T11:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/?p=269"},"modified":"2012-10-24T11:48:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T11:48:54","slug":"help-farmers-stay-safe-with-electrical-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/news\/help-farmers-stay-safe-with-electrical-equipment\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Farmers Stay Safe with Electrical Equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the recent news that farms are still experiencing a high number of electrical accidents and deaths each year, we\u2019re looking at things which PAT Technicians can teach Farmers about staying safe with electrical equipment. So\u00a0we&#8217;ve\u00a0come up with a list of things you can discuss with your client to help them stay safe with their electrical equipment.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Operate tools used outside or where there is earthed metalwork at a reduced voltage from a safety isolating transformer, or connect via an RCD<\/li>\n<li>Use electrical plugs which are good quality and suitable for dust and wet environments<\/li>\n<li>Check and inspect wiring and tools<\/li>\n<li>Remove and don\u2019t use faulty equipment<\/li>\n<li>Regularly test RCD\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Unplug appliances before cleaning<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that there are an appropriate amount of plug sockets to ensure that extension cable use is minimised<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that all equipment is tested and safe for use through a PAT test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By providing your Farmer clients with a guide to ensure they remain safe, we can help reduce accidents and deaths from electricity on farm land.<\/p>\n<p>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105827077846280550449?rel=author\" target=\"_blank\">Sara Thomson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the recent news that farms are still experiencing a high number of electrical accidents and deaths each year, we\u2019re looking at things which PAT Technicians can teach Farmers about staying safe with electrical equipment. So\u00a0we&#8217;ve\u00a0come up with a list of things you can discuss with your client to help them stay safe with their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[44,35,43],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-electrical-safety","tag-fire-safety","tag-napit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270,"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pat-testing-course.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}