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Checking the RCD Function in RCBOS

|Date: 18 March, 2019

Checking the RCD Function in RCBOS

NAPIT’s Bill Allan is back this month with more essential technical advice. The emphasis on the need for ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan is back this month with more essential technical advice. The emphasis on the need for RCD protection in BS 7671:2018 means that, where RCBOs (residual current operated circuit-break ...

18 March, 2019
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Surge Protection: What Are The Requirements For Domestic Dwellings?

|Date: 13 March, 2019

Surge Protection: What Are The Requirements For Domestic Dwellings?

Here the technical experts at Europa Components offer advice on installing surge protection devices in do ...

Here the technical experts at Europa Components offer advice on installing surge protection devices in domestic dwellings. Regulation 443.4 requires protection against transient overvoltage to be prov ...

13 March, 2019
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18th Edition Changes to Cable Supports: Learn More at ELEX

|Date: 5 March, 2019

18th Edition Changes to Cable Supports: Learn More at ELEX

Visit the team from LINIAN at ELEX Manchester and find out how you can remain compliant with the 18th Edi ...

Visit the team from LINIAN at ELEX Manchester and find out how you can remain compliant with the 18th Edition this year. Following the official release of the 18th Edition wiring regulations at the st ...

5 March, 2019
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Bureau Veritas Welcomes 18th Edition U-Turn

|Date: 26 February, 2019

Bureau Veritas Welcomes 18th Edition U-Turn

Bureau Veritas has welcomed a U-turn on plans to change the labelling of new electrical installations as ...

Bureau Veritas has welcomed a U-turn on plans to change the labelling of new electrical installations as part of the 18th Edition wiring regulations. Originally published on July 2nd, 2018, clause 514 ...

26 February, 2019
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Spring Clipping with D-Line

|Date: 20 February, 2019

Spring Clipping with D-Line

With the requirement for use of fire-rated cable supports following the 18th Edition release, D-Line has ...

With the requirement for use of fire-rated cable supports following the 18th Edition release, D-Line has initiated new solutions that can hold cables in blazes over 1000°C. It is now appreciated that ...

20 February, 2019
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Supporting Wiring Systems: What You Need To Know

|Date: 29 January, 2019

Supporting Wiring Systems: What You Need To Know

John Brodie, Product Manager for Fastenings & Fixings at HellermannTyton, sets the record straight on ...

John Brodie, Product Manager for Fastenings & Fixings at HellermannTyton, sets the record straight on the 18th Edition requirements for supporting wiring systems. With the 18th Edition of the IET ...

29 January, 2019
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EV Charging: Do You Have The Right Test Equipment?

|Date: 29 January, 2019

EV Charging: Do You Have The Right Test Equipment?

Brendan Beaver, Sales Manager of Metrel, looks at why changes to the 18th Edition should have minimal imp ...

Brendan Beaver, Sales Manager of Metrel, looks at why changes to the 18th Edition should have minimal impact on testing, as long as you're armed with the right equipment. Vehicle charging points can, ...

29 January, 2019
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New 18th Edition Rules For Surge Protection: Learn More At ELEX

|Date: 15 January, 2019

New 18th Edition Rules For Surge Protection: Learn More At ELEX

BG Electrical's Circuit Protection Product Manager, Paul Appleby, has some wise words for contractors ahe ...

BG Electrical's Circuit Protection Product Manager, Paul Appleby, has some wise words for contractors ahead of a visit to ELEX this year. Changes to the regulations laid out in the latest wiring regul ...

15 January, 2019
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Made2Measure: 18th Edition Amendment 1 – Will You Be Able To Carry Out The Required Tests?

|Date: 10 January, 2019

Made2Measure: 18th Edition Amendment 1 – Will You Be Able To Carry Out The Required Tests?

You ask: "I’ve been told that when Amendment 1 to the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regs comes into forc ...

You ask: "I’ve been told that when Amendment 1 to the 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regs comes into force, my MFT – which I’ve only just bought – won’t be able to carry out all of the necessary tests ...

10 January, 2019
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Cable Supports: Why and How

|Date: 30 November, 2018

Cable Supports: Why and How

The recently published 18th Edition regulations, stating that cables must be supported against their prem ...

The recently published 18th Edition regulations, stating that cables must be supported against their premature collapse in the event of ﬁre, has many electricians asking ‘why?’ and ‘how?’ Here the exp ...

30 November, 2018
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