Pat and the National Collection

The National Collection of Extension leads.

The annual Portable Appliance Testing session today.  (Tangent: everyone says "PAT Testing" but as the T is Test, that's a bit tautological - and there's no 'Electrical' in the acronym so really it ought to be Portable Electrical Appliance testing - PEA Testing.  Much better. Now, back to the story...)

This exercise means digging out everything that has a plug on it and sticking a label on it (after testing, naturally).  The process reveals that The Dell House contains well over 200 items with plugs on!  That's a lot to put back / plug back in again - which is what I've been doing most of the day.

Ironically, the accumulation of extension leads from at least 3 houses is little used these days - I really ought to filter down the collection and take a bundle along to the Heart Foundation shop.