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Selecting and Installing Earth Electrodes

|Date: 16 October, 2019

Selecting and Installing Earth Electrodes

NAPIT’s Don Holmes has more essential advice for electricians. The installation of earth electrodes is be ...

NAPIT’s Don Holmes has more essential advice for electricians. The installation of earth electrodes is becoming an increasingly significant part of electrical installations. Examples of such installat ...

16 October, 2019
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Aurora: New Catalogue, New Website, New Products!

|Date: 15 October, 2019

Aurora: New Catalogue, New Website, New Products!

Aurora’s Director of UK Trade Jeff Richardson, reveals some of the new ranges available in the new Aurora ...

Aurora’s Director of UK Trade Jeff Richardson, reveals some of the new ranges available in the new Aurora Trade catalogue following the Enlite to Aurora rebrand. Aurora is renowned globally for its aw ...

15 October, 2019
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End-to-end (loop) resistance of ring final circuit protective conductors

|Date: 30 September, 2019

End-to-end (loop) resistance of ring final circuit protective conductors

Often when carrying out an end-to-end resistance of the circuit protective conductor (cpc) in a ring fina ...

Often when carrying out an end-to-end resistance of the circuit protective conductor (cpc) in a ring final circuit, it may at times be necessary to make a decision as to whether the values of resistan ...

30 September, 2019
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Where automatic disconnection is not feasible

|Date: 27 September, 2019

Where automatic disconnection is not feasible

NAPIT’s Bill Allan reviews Section 419. BS 7671:2018 contains a new Section 419 - Provisions where autom ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan reviews Section 419. BS 7671:2018 contains a new Section 419 - Provisions where automatic disconnection according to Regulation 411.3.2 is not feasible. In the context of BS 7671, ...

27 September, 2019
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NAPIT Codebreakers #11

|Date: 26 September, 2019

NAPIT Codebreakers #11

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. ALL CITY SPARKS: A client moved in ...

26 September, 2019
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Sealing of wiring system penetrations

|Date: 24 September, 2019

Sealing of wiring system penetrations

The aim of this article is to provide guidance on suitable measures to prevent and minimise the risk of s ...

The aim of this article is to provide guidance on suitable measures to prevent and minimise the risk of spread of fire when installing wiring systems within domestic and similar types of premises. Int ...

24 September, 2019
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Overvoltage protection & commercial installations

|Date: 20 September, 2019

Overvoltage protection & commercial installations

The technical team at Crabtree clears up the requirements for overvoltage protection in commercial sites, ...

The technical team at Crabtree clears up the requirements for overvoltage protection in commercial sites, as stated in the 18th Edition regulations. Electrical installations in commercial premises are ...

20 September, 2019
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Changes to domestic fire alarm standards

|Date: 17 September, 2019

Changes to domestic fire alarm standards

Andy Speake, National Technical Manager at Aico, explores the recently revised British Standard for domes ...

Andy Speake, National Technical Manager at Aico, explores the recently revised British Standard for domestic fire alarms and what this means for contractors. BS 5839-6 is the code of practice for the ...

17 September, 2019
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Made 2 Measure: Making tests at socket outlets

|Date: 12 September, 2019

Made 2 Measure: Making tests at socket outlets

The Megger team answer your questions about accessing terminals. You ask: When I’m testing installations, ...

The Megger team answer your questions about accessing terminals. You ask: When I’m testing installations, making tests at socket outlets is a pain. Removing the socket from the wall to access the term ...

12 September, 2019
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Learning Lounge: Converting a TN-C-S to TT for an EV Charging Point

|Date: 9 September, 2019

Learning Lounge: Converting a TN-C-S to TT for an EV Charging Point

18th Edition Amendment One to bring vital updates to Electric Vehicle Charging – this video might help ex ...

18th Edition Amendment One to bring vital updates to Electric Vehicle Charging – this video might help explain why! Following on from their last video which looked at the use of Earth Electrodes to pr ...

9 September, 2019
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