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Ask ROBUS: why do emergency lighting batteries last a minimum of three hours?

|Date: 7 April, 2025

Ask ROBUS: why do emergency lighting batteries last a minimum of three hours?

I’ve always been a fan of the underdog—the Spock to Captain Kirk or the Samwise to Frodo. Emergency light ...

I’ve always been a fan of the underdog—the Spock to Captain Kirk or the Samwise to Frodo. Emergency lighting is the silent hero in building safety: always there but often overlooked until needed. When ...

7 April, 2025
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Codebreakers #95

|Date: 3 April, 2025

Codebreakers #95

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition ...

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition Codebreakers publication, answer your latest coding queries. Click on the photos for a closer l ...

3 April, 2025
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The selection and erection of electrical accessories in those locations that are subject to mechanical impact

|Date: 2 April, 2025

The selection and erection of electrical accessories in those locations that are subject to mechanical impact

Click Scolmore looks at considerations to bear in mind for the selection and erection of electrical acces ...

Click Scolmore looks at considerations to bear in mind for the selection and erection of electrical accessories in those locations that are subject to mechanical impact. Any electrical equipment must ...

2 April, 2025
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Codebreakers #94

|Date: 27 March, 2025

Codebreakers #94

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition ...

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition Codebreakers publication, answer your latest coding queries. Click on the photos for a closer l ...

27 March, 2025
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Ask Ovia: Do you have a recessed downlighter with a large diameter to enable straight replacement for LED?

|Date: 26 March, 2025

Ask Ovia: Do you have a recessed downlighter with a large diameter to enable straight replacement for LED?

The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike C ...

The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. Q. WHEN REPLACING LARGER RECESSED LIGHTS – TUNGSTEN ...

26 March, 2025
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Codebreakers #93

|Date: 20 March, 2025

Codebreakers #93

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition ...

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the 18th Edition Codebreakers publication, answer your latest coding queries. Click on the photos for a closer l ...

20 March, 2025
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Overcurrent and short-circuit current: how the requirements of BS 7671 are applied

|Date: 19 March, 2025

Overcurrent and short-circuit current: how the requirements of BS 7671 are applied

The aim of this article from the experts at NICEIC is to look at overcurrent; and, in particular, short-c ...

The aim of this article from the experts at NICEIC is to look at overcurrent; and, in particular, short-circuit current, and how the requirements of BS 7671 are applied. The adiabatic equation given i ...

19 March, 2025
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Made 2 Measure: Is there a quick way of transferring details of PAT assets and test results into a digital certification report?

|Date: 18 March, 2025

Made 2 Measure: Is there a quick way of transferring details of PAT assets and test results into a digital certification report?

Working on your own? Need some technical advice? Don’t know where to turn? The technical team at Megger a ...

Working on your own? Need some technical advice? Don’t know where to turn? The technical team at Megger answers the latest technical query from end users. YOU ASK: IS THERE A QUICK WAY OF TRANSFERRING ...

18 March, 2025
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How to install external lighting to avoid light pollution

|Date: 14 March, 2025

How to install external lighting to avoid light pollution

Mitchell Waite, Product Manager at Collingwood Lighting, looks at how to install external lighting to avo ...

Mitchell Waite, Product Manager at Collingwood Lighting, looks at how to install external lighting to avoid light pollution and meet many councils’ DarkSky policies. While we need good outdoor lightin ...

14 March, 2025
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Unravelling the mysteries of unidirectional and bidirectional protective devices

|Date: 12 March, 2025

Unravelling the mysteries of unidirectional and bidirectional protective devices

In this article, Andrew Duffen, Technical Commercial Engineer at NAPIT, seeks to unravel the mysteries of ...

In this article, Andrew Duffen, Technical Commercial Engineer at NAPIT, seeks to unravel the mysteries of unidirectional and bidirectional protective devices. With the introduction of Amendment 3 of B ...

12 March, 2025
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