Travis Perkins plugs-in for electrical safety testing

Travis Perkins, the UK’s largest supplier to the building and construction market, is using advanced electrical safety testing technology as part of its commitment to health and safety.

More than 140 of its branches have been equipped with specialist B255 testers from Clare, part of the Seaward Group.

The B255 is a compact bench top tester that enables electrical safety tests to be carried out quickly and effectively, ensuring that power tools and other electrical rental equipment functions correctly with maximum safety.

The B255 enables the full suite of electrical safety tests to be carried out at Travis Perkins’ Tool Hire Centres across the UK and includes earth/ground bond and hipot/flash testing alongside load, run and leakage testing.

The tester, which is used together with a fleet of Clare A255 testers, is used as part of an overall process which ensures that all hire fleet electrical equipment such as power drills, breakers, freezing equipment and commercial carpet cleaners are routinely serviced, tested and recorded before being made available for hire.

Test results are entered into a custom database to provide computerised records and service schedules ensuring that the correct functionality and safe operation of equipment is maintained at all times.

Shaun Farrow, workshop trainer for Travis Perkins, said the B255 is the ideal tool hire electrical safety tester. He commented, “The safety of our staff and customers is our top priority. Our training programmes are designed to ensure that workshop staff remain up to speed with best practice and industry requirements. “We work in partnership with Clare to ensure all our branches comply with the HAE standards for electrical safety testing.

“The Clare testers play a very important part in ensuring this – they are extremely easy to use, providing accurate and reliable workshop testing.

Electrical safety testing with the Clare B255 ensures compliance with European and International standards for Class I and Class II electrical products, such as EN60335, EN61029, EN60065, EN50144 and EN60745.