Plug top wiring.
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well i have done PAT course recently; all be it a refresher course, and the course instructor demo'd the visual aspect of the test and it involved checking the entire length of cable on the appliance, undoing the plug top and checking for polarity, correct cable length, condition of cable grip and no exposed conductor etc. We were told only to not check the inside of the plug top when its impossible to do so i.e a moulded plug.
All that for 25p....
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I Guarantee you will find more faults visually than testing. That's why it is by far the most important part of the process.
Indeed.
I think a lot of people haven't realised that the visual inspection is the "I" in "Inspection and Test" regime. Testing is the "T".
And of course, there are a large number of devices (many double insulated devices for example) for which there is no applicable Test - only an Inspection.
Why do you call a plug a 'plug top' ? I hear 'plug top' a lot can anyone explain?
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Duh! You'd look pretty stupid pushing just a 'plug' into a 'plug socket' now wouldn't you. Of course it's a 'plug top'.
What d'you call the bit of a plug top that comes off when you undo the screw? A plug top top? 
Plug -> socket. Makes perfect sense.
It has never been a plug top.
It has never been a plug top.
What d'you call the bit of a plug top that comes off when you undo the screw? A plug top top?
Plug top cover
What d'you call the bit of a plug top that comes off when you undo the screw? A plug top top?
Plug top bottom
No, that's the part left behind!What d'you call the bit of a plug top that comes off when you undo the screw? A plug top top?
Plug top bottom
Not if you were holding the plug top top and not the plug top bottom - which is now lying on the floor.
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