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What is LINIAN doing to promote best practice across the wider industry?

|Date: 9 November, 2022

What is LINIAN doing to promote best practice across the wider industry?

Ian Arbuckle, CEO at LINIAN, discusses the company’s new webinar series and the work it is doing to promo ...

Ian Arbuckle, CEO at LINIAN, discusses the company’s new webinar series and the work it is doing to promote best practice across the wider industry. In 2006, we launched the LINIAN FireClip, the origi ...

9 November, 2022
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BS 7671: Protection against overload current | NICEIC & ELECSA

|Date: 1 February, 2022

BS 7671: Protection against overload current | NICEIC & ELECSA

NICEIC & ELECSA look at the general requirements of BS 7671 relating to protection against overload c ...

NICEIC & ELECSA look at the general requirements of BS 7671 relating to protection against overload current, whether provided in isolation or in conjunction with fault current protection. Basic re ...

1 February, 2022
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BS 7671: 2018, Section 702: requirements for swimming pools and other basins | NAPIT

|Date: 28 January, 2022

BS 7671: 2018, Section 702: requirements for swimming pools and other basins | NAPIT

Richard Townsend, Technical Development Engineer at NAPIT, takes a detailed look at BS 7671: 2018, Sectio ...

Richard Townsend, Technical Development Engineer at NAPIT, takes a detailed look at BS 7671: 2018, Section 702 on swimming pools and other basins. So, why are swimming pools classed as a special locat ...

28 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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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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Staying ALIVE – five steps to simplify safe working around electricity | Martindale Electric

|Date: 14 October, 2021

Staying ALIVE – five steps to simplify safe working around electricity | Martindale Electric

The team at Martindale Electric explain the background behind the company's "ALIVE" message and offer bes ...

The team at Martindale Electric explain the background behind the company's "ALIVE" message and offer best practice advice to professionals working on live electrical circuits. Over 16 years since the ...

14 October, 2021
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Codebreakers #30

|Date: 10 October, 2021

Codebreakers #30

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. Click on the photos for a closer l ...

10 October, 2021
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Lighting season: your commonly asked questions

|Date: 4 October, 2021

Lighting season: your commonly asked questions

With key lighting season upon us there are many questions and challenges that installers will face. Here, ...

With key lighting season upon us there are many questions and challenges that installers will face. Here, we put those commonly asked contractor queries to a selection of the industry's top brands. Q. ...

4 October, 2021
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