Pat Testing Labels Pack of 1050 Pat Test Pass Stickers with 50 Pat Testing Fail Labels (38 x 21 mm) Pat Testing Stickers Matt Paper for Electronic Appliances Packwith®

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Stickers are good quality print

Good quality stickers. These are well printed and stick well. Good value for the number of stickers.

These labels look like someone has made them on a home printer as they are just printed on A4 label paper rather than the glossy water resistant labels that I have always used. Not really recommended for professional use.

These are supplied in an A4 envelope and comprise 16 sheets of green “Passed” labels and a single sheet of red “Failed” labels. Each sheet contains 13 rows by 5 columns, making 65 labels per page, the total quantity therefore exceeds the stated 1050, the split being 1040 green plus 65 red. The labels are the stated size of 38 x 21 mm, which means they usefully do fit on a British 13A plug lid or can be affixed lengthwise along a typical 3 core circular sheathed cable and still be readable.On the “Passed” labels, there are five boxes to write in, there’s a slightly larger unlabelled one, then boxes for Appliance ID, Tested By, Test Date and Next Test Date. The “Failed” labels wisely omit the Next Test Date box, personally I will use the extra space in the larger Test Date box to state the reason for failure to guide remediation work (e.g. ‘Plug’, ‘Cable’, ‘Scrap’, etc.), but it is not labelled “Reason”. See my photos.What was a pleasant surprise was their ability to accept varied ink types without smudging (after a sensible drying time). As you can see, I tried two colours of ballpoint pen, and even a gel-ink rollerball – the latter surprised me, that particular pen smudges on many paper types. Additionally, a ‘sharkie’ permanent marker was tried, although the nib of mine was far too big to be sensibly used, no doubt a ‘stabilio’ type fine nib one would also work.Having attached some to ‘challenging’ surfaces, I can report, after ten days, the one wrapped lengthwise along a cable was beginning to unpeel at the edges, confirming that if used like this, a clear tape wrap would be necessary to ensure sufficient long-term adherance. The one applied to a small PSU that gets warm (40 degrees), was still stuck on okay, although puckering at the compound curved edges might be an issue if handled regularly.

These PAT testing stickers come printed on A4 paper of which you get 16 sheets of pass and one of fail stickers and each sheet provides 65 stickers.The stickers are large enough to write the relevant information while being compact enough as to not cover important information printed on the device. This is extremely useful when dealing with items like power supplies which require the information like voltage and amperage to still be visible.The stickers have decent adhesion, so they don't easily come off like I've found with some previous purchases.These PAT testing stickers represent good value for money compared to ones I've purchased from my local electrical wholesaler, although those do come on a roll which I do prefer.

These stickers are an essential accompaniment to a Portable Appliance Tester, unless your tester has a label printer of course.Each sheet has 65 labels (5 across, 13 down) and you get 16 sheets of pass stickers plus one sheet of fail stickers, so that's 1040 plus 65.The stickers are compact enough so as not to obscure important details on smaller items such as power supplies (which can no longer be considered safe if a PAT sticker is obscuring the voltage, current and polarity details).Just need some "PAT exempt" stickers now, to stop unscrupulous testers stickering low voltage stuff like laptops, which HSE Guidance Note 107 states don't even need a visual inspection.

They're printed well enough and the paper stock allows them to be written on by ballpoints.They're easy enough to peel from the backing paper, which cuts down on frustration and time throughout your day.At first I disliked they came on a sheet, as opposed to a roll. Then I realised a of folk might be out in the field with clipboard in hand. A roll can be cumbersome to cart around with you. These might well be a neater option.There's a sensible proportion of pass/fails for most situations. You tend to pass more appliances than you fail ... at least in my experience. A lot of fails never reach testing phase because they're binned the moment they exhibit a fault.