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NAPIT Codebreakers #1

|Date: 21 March, 2019

NAPIT Codebreakers #1

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the brand new 18t ...

Need help with cracking those EICR codes? The technical team at NAPIT, with the help of the brand new 18th Edition Codebreakers publication, answers your coding queries. DAN TRIMBELL: The panel said ' ...

21 March, 2019
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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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Self-Test Emergency Lighting: How Does It Work?

|Date: 28 February, 2019

Self-Test Emergency Lighting: How Does It Work?

How does self-test emergency lighting work and why is it increasingly important for end-users? John Bulli ...

How does self-test emergency lighting work and why is it increasingly important for end-users? John Bullivant, Technical Manager at Eterna Lighting, shares his thoughts. These days building owners and ...

28 February, 2019
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Mobile Or Transportable Units: Key Requirements

|Date: 18 February, 2019

Mobile Or Transportable Units: Key Requirements

More essential technical support from the team at NICEIC. As for any electrical installation, a mobile or ...

More essential technical support from the team at NICEIC. As for any electrical installation, a mobile or transportable unit must be inspected and tested before being put into service to verify, so fa ...

18 February, 2019
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Automatic Switching Devices – Assessing Their Switching Capacity

|Date: 14 February, 2019

Automatic Switching Devices – Assessing Their Switching Capacity

Best practice advice from the experts at ELECSA. Many existing businesses and homeowners and those design ...

Best practice advice from the experts at ELECSA. Many existing businesses and homeowners and those designing new buildings are increasingly turning to eﬃcient and eﬀective ways to reduce energy costs ...

14 February, 2019
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How To Fit The Mira Meta Shower – Step By Step

|Date: 12 February, 2019

How To Fit The Mira Meta Shower – Step By Step

In this step-by-step guide we look at the simple steps required to fit the Mira Meta shower. Mira Showers ...

In this step-by-step guide we look at the simple steps required to fit the Mira Meta shower. Mira Showers’ latest electric shower, the Mira Meta, combines superior functionality and affordability, wit ...

12 February, 2019
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Non-compliant Electrical Products: Who Is Liable?

|Date: 8 February, 2019

Non-compliant Electrical Products: Who Is Liable?

In this month’s article Bill Allan considers the matter of non-compliant electrical products and where li ...

In this month’s article Bill Allan considers the matter of non-compliant electrical products and where liability may fall. Surprising as it may seem, the sale of non-compliant products is currently se ...

8 February, 2019
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Incompatible Connector Products: What Are The Dangers?

|Date: 4 February, 2019

Incompatible Connector Products: What Are The Dangers?

Mark Flanagan, Technical Manager at Scolmore Group, looks at some of the problems associated with using c ...

Mark Flanagan, Technical Manager at Scolmore Group, looks at some of the problems associated with using connector products that don’t meet the required standards. Since we introduced our first ever Fl ...

4 February, 2019
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Reduced Dimming Range: What’s The Cause?

|Date: 1 February, 2019

Reduced Dimming Range: What’s The Cause?

In this article the technical team at Zano explains how it helped one customer who was struggling to get ...

In this article the technical team at Zano explains how it helped one customer who was struggling to get full dimming from his Zano dimmer. What was the problem? The caller had three halogen lamps and ...

1 February, 2019
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