Portable Appliance Inspection Record
Keep one register of the portable electrical equipment you are responsible for, with a dated line each time an item is checked and by whom.
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Workshop and tools · WT-16
Cordless Tool Battery Register
A free printable cordless tool battery register: every pack and charger numbered, dated condition and charging station checks, and packs taken out of use.
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2 pages. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
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What this sheet is for
Know every pack you own, which charger it uses and when it was last looked at. A swollen or cracked pack is written out of use, not put back on charge.
Who it is for
Workshops, joiners, site teams, schools and households with more than a handful of cordless tool batteries.
How to use it
- Mark an ID on each pack and charger, and list them once with brand, voltage and capacity as printed on the label.
- At each check, date a column and write a code for every pack: sound, cracked, swollen, hot, terminals or dropped.
- Check the charging station on the same day, at the foot of the grid.
- When a pack comes out of use, record why, where it was kept and where it went.
What is on the sheet
2 pages, in this order:
Page 1
Printed under the title: Every cordless tool battery and charger numbered once, then a dated look at each pack and the charging station, and a record of every pack taken out of use and where it went.
A damaged pack comes out of use. Take a pack out of use straight away if it is cracked, swollen, leaking, smells odd or runs hot when it should not. Keep it apart from other packs and anything that burns, do not open it, and ask the maker or your local recycling point how to dispose of it; check the rules where you are.
Write-on lines: Workshop or owner · Charging station location · Register kept by
Packs — mark an ID on every pack and charger, with paint pen or engraving
Table, 12 rows: ID · Brand and platform · Volts / Ah · Bought · Genuine? · Charger · Status
Page 2
Condition checks — date each column, then a code for every pack
Also printed: Codes: OK sound C cracked S swollen H hot L leaking or smells T terminals D dropped Q quarantined · Pack ID · Check 1 · Check 2 · Check 3 · Check 4 · Check 5 · Check 6 · Date · CHARGING STATION · Only the maker's chargers in use · Clear of anything that burns · Chargers and leads undamaged · No pack left charging unattended · Checked by
Taken out of use — retired, returned or recycled
Table, 4 rows: Date · Pack ID · Reason · Kept where · Gone to · By
Questions
How often should packs be checked?
The sheet does not set a frequency: it depends on how hard the packs are used and what your own risk assessment says. Look at a pack whenever it has been dropped or gets unusually hot, as well as at your regular check.
Why does it ask whether a pack is genuine?
Because makers design their chargers and packs to work together, and a pack from another source may not charge the same way. Knowing which packs are which helps when one fails or a charger is replaced.
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