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Made2Measure: How To Measure Earth Leakage Currents

|Date: 7 June, 2019

Made2Measure: How To Measure Earth Leakage Currents

Q: I’ve just taken my City & Guilds 18th Edition exam and I noticed that the section on unwanted trip ...

Q: I’ve just taken my City & Guilds 18th Edition exam and I noticed that the section on unwanted tripping of RCDs (531.3.2) says that I’ll sometimes need to measure earth leakage currents. How do ...

7 June, 2019
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Surge Protection: As Easy As 1,2,3?

|Date: 5 June, 2019

Surge Protection: As Easy As 1,2,3?

Gary Parker, Senior Technical Support Engineer at ECA, runs through the major changes to surge protection ...

Gary Parker, Senior Technical Support Engineer at ECA, runs through the major changes to surge protection requirements in the 18th Edition. Surge protection devices (SPDs) are used in electrical insta ...

5 June, 2019
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Earth Electrode Testing

|Date: 29 May, 2019

Earth Electrode Testing

The NICEIC offer their technical support regarding the necessary earthing arrangement to comply with the ...

The NICEIC offer their technical support regarding the necessary earthing arrangement to comply with the requirements of BS 7671. Where an earth electrode provides the means of earthing for an install ...

29 May, 2019
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Calculating Voltage Drop with NICEIC

|Date: 27 May, 2019

Calculating Voltage Drop with NICEIC

Section 525 of BS 7671 requires the voltage drop in the circuits of an installation to be limited so that ...

Section 525 of BS 7671 requires the voltage drop in the circuits of an installation to be limited so that the safe and satisfactory operation of current-using equipment is not impaired. To achieve thi ...

27 May, 2019
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Wiring Timber-Frame Buildings

|Date: 24 May, 2019

Wiring Timber-Frame Buildings

NAPIT’s Bill Allan returns this month with more essential advice for electricians. Timber-frame buildings ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan returns this month with more essential advice for electricians. Timber-frame buildings are now seen as a mainstream construction method in the UK for dwellings, including extensions ...

24 May, 2019
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The importance of enclosing electrical connections

|Date: 22 May, 2019

The importance of enclosing electrical connections

The team at Elecsa discuss the requirements for enclosing connections in live conductors. To protect agai ...

The team at Elecsa discuss the requirements for enclosing connections in live conductors. To protect against electric shock and/or thermal effects, BS 7671 requires every electrical connection in a li ...

22 May, 2019
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Enlitened: Smart Sensors Are A Super Energy Saver

|Date: 22 May, 2019

Enlitened: Smart Sensors Are A Super Energy Saver

Energy and ﬁnancial savings are high on the agenda when it comes to lighting both in homes and businesses ...

Energy and ﬁnancial savings are high on the agenda when it comes to lighting both in homes and businesses. With new additions to the AOne range, Jeff Richardson, Aurora Group’s Trade Director, reveals ...

22 May, 2019
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NAPIT Codebreakers #4

|Date: 21 May, 2019

NAPIT Codebreakers #4

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, answer your latest coding queries. MANIR HUSSAIN: Someone c ...

21 May, 2019
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Leakage Current And The 18th Edition

|Date: 21 May, 2019

Leakage Current And The 18th Edition

Ever had a problem with nuisance RCD tripping? Martindale Electric explains how the 18th Edition regulati ...

Ever had a problem with nuisance RCD tripping? Martindale Electric explains how the 18th Edition regulations and the company’s latest leakage current clamp meter have come to the rescue. Modern applia ...

21 May, 2019
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How Do The Wiring Regulations Affect Consumer Units & Domestic Residential Installs?

|Date: 20 May, 2019

How Do The Wiring Regulations Affect Consumer Units & Domestic Residential Installs?

The technical team at Wylex takes a look at the recent changes to the wiring regulations and what this me ...

The technical team at Wylex takes a look at the recent changes to the wiring regulations and what this means for consumer units and domestic residential installations. There are several new regulation ...

20 May, 2019
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