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Emergency lighting: is BS 5266-1 effective enough? | Carvell Group

|Date: 12 January, 2022

Emergency lighting: is BS 5266-1 effective enough? | Carvell Group

Christopher Carvell MIET MIFSM PCQI, MD and Principal Consultant at Carvell Group, discusses the effectiv ...

Christopher Carvell MIET MIFSM PCQI, MD and Principal Consultant at Carvell Group, discusses the effectiveness of BS 5266-1 and if the standard is effective in meeting its objective. Although British ...

12 January, 2022
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Can you afford to ignore harmonics? | Chauvin Arnoux

|Date: 11 January, 2022

Can you afford to ignore harmonics? | Chauvin Arnoux

Julian Grant of Chauvin Arnoux provides more detail about harmonics and the problems they create, as well ...

Julian Grant of Chauvin Arnoux provides more detail about harmonics and the problems they create, as well as their relationship with the Wiring Regs. Harmonics are currents in the supply system at who ...

11 January, 2022
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Requirements for passive fire stopping | ECA

|Date: 10 January, 2022

Requirements for passive fire stopping | ECA

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, reminds contractors of the basics they need to know when it comes to ...

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, reminds contractors of the basics they need to know when it comes to passive fire protection. Passive fire stopping is an essential requirement in the Wiring Regula ...

10 January, 2022
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Are you testing safely? | GAMBICA

|Date: 7 January, 2022

Are you testing safely? | GAMBICA

There’s lots of information out there that goes into great depth on what you should be testing and how yo ...

There’s lots of information out there that goes into great depth on what you should be testing and how you should go about it. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to understand. Here Jacqueline Balian ...

7 January, 2022
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Circuit identification details – why information is key | NAPIT

|Date: 6 January, 2022

Circuit identification details – why information is key | NAPIT

When carrying out new installation works and alterations to an existing commercial premises, it is often ...

When carrying out new installation works and alterations to an existing commercial premises, it is often found that the circuit identification details on the Switchboard and Distribution Board circuit ...

6 January, 2022
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Safe isolation of central heating systems | NICEIC

|Date: 5 January, 2022

Safe isolation of central heating systems | NICEIC

In this article the experts at NICEIC & ELECSA look at the particular problem of safely isolating cen ...

In this article the experts at NICEIC & ELECSA look at the particular problem of safely isolating central heating systems, which may have more than one source of electrical supply to the various c ...

5 January, 2022
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Ask Ovia: what tips do you have for better use of downlights in domestic properties?

|Date: 4 January, 2022

Ask Ovia: what tips do you have for better use of downlights in domestic properties?

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. Domestic lighting is very subjective as individual t ...

4 January, 2022
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How to ensure EV charging cables are fit for purpose | BASEC

|Date: 28 December, 2021

How to ensure EV charging cables are fit for purpose | BASEC

The team at BASEC advises on how to ensure the electric vehicle (EV) charging cable products chosen for y ...

The team at BASEC advises on how to ensure the electric vehicle (EV) charging cable products chosen for your projects are fit for purpose, to withstand continued use over several years. The UK is pred ...

28 December, 2021
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Requirements for emergency and mechanical maintenance switches | NAPIT

|Date: 22 December, 2021

Requirements for emergency and mechanical maintenance switches | NAPIT

NAPIT's Technical Development Engineer, Richard Townsend, discusses the differences and BS 7671 requireme ...

NAPIT's Technical Development Engineer, Richard Townsend, discusses the differences and BS 7671 requirements for emergency and mechanical maintenance switches. A switch is a switch…. isn’t it? Often m ...

22 December, 2021
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The Training Ground: What’s the best way to prepare for the Inspection & Testing element of the AM2? | NET

|Date: 22 December, 2021

The Training Ground: What’s the best way to prepare for the Inspection & Testing element of the AM2? | NET

The experts at National Electrotechnical Training (NET) answer a common training-related query. The Inspe ...

The experts at National Electrotechnical Training (NET) answer a common training-related query. The Inspection and Testing section of the AM2 is certainly one where candidates have difficulty achievin ...

22 December, 2021
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