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Providing additional fire protection – what are the requirements for using AFDDs | Hager

|Date: 17 November, 2023

Providing additional fire protection – what are the requirements for using AFDDs | Hager

Hager’s Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses the importance of providing additional fire ...

Hager’s Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses the importance of providing additional fire protection, following the mandated use of Arc Fault Detection Devices (AFDD) in the latest Edit ...

17 November, 2023
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HAGER AFDD Range w/ ProTools | Top Product Award 2022

|Date: 6 December, 2022

HAGER AFDD Range w/ ProTools | Top Product Award 2022

Hager has this year ‘changed the game’ with the launch of its new AFDD. In addition to being available in ...

Hager has this year ‘changed the game’ with the launch of its new AFDD. In addition to being available in MCB and RCBO format, every Hager AFDD comes with advanced ProTools, setting the benchmark in p ...

6 December, 2022
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Why Arc fault Detection Devices (AFDDs) provide essential fire protection | Electrium

|Date: 27 June, 2022

Why Arc fault Detection Devices (AFDDs) provide essential fire protection | Electrium

The experts at Electrium take a closer look at Arc Fault Detection Devices and why they could offer essen ...

The experts at Electrium take a closer look at Arc Fault Detection Devices and why they could offer essential protection against fires caused by electrical equipment. Chapter 42 Regulation group 421 i ...

27 June, 2022
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Amendment 2: Arc Fault Detection Device (AFDD) requirements | NAPIT

|Date: 14 June, 2022

Amendment 2: Arc Fault Detection Device (AFDD) requirements | NAPIT

Paul Chaffers, Technical Events Manager at NAPIT, looks at arc fault detection device (AFDD) requirements ...

Paul Chaffers, Technical Events Manager at NAPIT, looks at arc fault detection device (AFDD) requirements following the publication of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022. The subject of AFDDs rapidly became a hot t ...

14 June, 2022
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Case study – Student accommodation utilises hybrid AFDD boards | Hager

|Date: 7 September, 2020

Case study – Student accommodation utilises hybrid AFDD boards | Hager

Hager’s recently launched AFDD hybrid distribution board has been specified on a major new student accomm ...

Hager’s recently launched AFDD hybrid distribution board has been specified on a major new student accommodation construction project near Warwick University. We find out more. Due for completion earl ...

7 September, 2020
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AFDD Technology: best practice advice | ECA

|Date: 18 March, 2020

AFDD Technology: best practice advice | ECA

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, takes a look at the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of AFDDs. It has been over a yea ...

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, takes a look at the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of AFDDs. It has been over a year since the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671:2018) came into full effect. While most of ...

18 March, 2020
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AFDD technology and the 18th Edition

|Date: 24 January, 2020

AFDD technology and the 18th Edition

Paul Fisher, Managing Director of Electrium offers a reminder as to why AFDDs have made it into the 18th ...

Paul Fisher, Managing Director of Electrium offers a reminder as to why AFDDs have made it into the 18th Edition. Government statistics show that over 13,000 electrical fires occur each year. More tha ...

24 January, 2020
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Watch: The E5 Group explains AFDD technology

|Date: 13 November, 2019

Watch: The E5 Group explains AFDD technology

Two recent videos from our friends at the E5 Group that take a look at the 'what's' and 'whys' of AFDD te ...

Two recent videos from our friends at the E5 Group that take a look at the 'what's' and 'whys' of AFDD technology and a glimpse into what might be on the horizon for the electrical regulations. https: ...

13 November, 2019
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M2 launches combined AFDD & RCBO

|Date: 12 August, 2019

M2 launches combined AFDD & RCBO

M2 talks us through the benefits of the combined AFDD/RCBO device it has developed. The recommendation fo ...

M2 talks us through the benefits of the combined AFDD/RCBO device it has developed. The recommendation for the use of AFDDs in BS7671:2018 – the 18th Edition – has certainly created a lot of debate in ...

12 August, 2019
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