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    PIR Technology - The Weird & Wonderful Uses

    Bill Killick, Technical & Quality Manager at Finder, highlights some of the weird and wonderful ways ...

    Bill Killick, Technical & Quality Manager at Finder, highlights some of the weird and wonderful ways that PIR technology is being utilised in modern day applications. “You’re never more than 6m fr ...

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    Neutral Conductors: Whats Your Method of Reduction?

    The technical team at the ECA explore whether it’s acceptable to have a reduced cross-sectional area in n ...

    The technical team at the ECA explore whether it’s acceptable to have a reduced cross-sectional area in neutral conductors. Circuits are generally designed with the same cross-sectional area neutral c ...

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    LED Lighting: How Can You Avoid Drop Out?

    Zano Controls offers advice on how to avoid drop out on dimmer switches.  Drop-out occurs when your ...

    Zano Controls offers advice on how to avoid drop out on dimmer switches.  Drop-out occurs when your dimmer switch’s lowest voltage setting is lower than the voltage required to power the LEDs on ...

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    Mythbusters: Busting The UGR Myth

    Michael Mulhall, Technical Manager at NVC UK, explores whether the phrase: “this light fitting has a UGR ...

    Michael Mulhall, Technical Manager at NVC UK, explores whether the phrase: “this light fitting has a UGR of less than 19” is essentially a myth. No light fitting can have a UGR of less than or equal t ...

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    The Dangers Associated With Fake Chargers

    A recent survey that we commissioned at Crabtree has revealed that more than half (58%) of 2,000 UK adult ...

    A recent survey that we commissioned at Crabtree has revealed that more than half (58%) of 2,000 UK adults would like to see more public buildings feature special USB smartphone charging outlets. The ...

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    How Are Electrical Accessories Tested?

    The team at Redditch Plastic Products (RPP) explain the testing and production process that electrical ac ...

    The team at Redditch Plastic Products (RPP) explain the testing and production process that electrical accessories should go through to ensure you don’t end up feeling the heat from dissatisfied custo ...

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    Lot 20: Your Questions Answered

    Delving deeper into the facts that define Lot 20, Rointe’s Santiago Villaescusa answers the key questions ...

    Delving deeper into the facts that define Lot 20, Rointe’s Santiago Villaescusa answers the key questions that installers are asking. Which products are governed by the Lot 20 regulation? All space he ...

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    Effectively Connected Extraneous Metalwork

    NAPIT’s Bill Allan offers advice on how to check that extraneous metalwork in a bathroom or shower room i ...

    NAPIT’s Bill Allan offers advice on how to check that extraneous metalwork in a bathroom or shower room is effectively connected to the main earthing terminal. Anyone who teaches the IET Wiring Regula ...

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    Considerations When Joining Dissimilar Metals

    The ECA’s technical team offers its best practice guidance when joining copper-based electrical equipment ...

    The ECA’s technical team offers its best practice guidance when joining copper-based electrical equipment to aluminium. The following guidance note is designed to offer advice when working on and with ...

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    Do IR Limits Need A Rise?

    Steve Turnbull, Managing Director of Pure-PAT Electrical Testing, explains why the company has made a fir ...

    Steve Turnbull, Managing Director of Pure-PAT Electrical Testing, explains why the company has made a firm commitment to fire safety prevention by adopting higher levels of electrical appliance safety ...

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