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Supporting Wiring Systems: What You Need To Know

|Date: 29 January, 2019

Supporting Wiring Systems: What You Need To Know

John Brodie, Product Manager for Fastenings & Fixings at HellermannTyton, sets the record straight on ...

John Brodie, Product Manager for Fastenings & Fixings at HellermannTyton, sets the record straight on the 18th Edition requirements for supporting wiring systems. With the 18th Edition of the IET ...

29 January, 2019
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Beyond Escape Routes: New Requirements of the 18th Edition

|Date: 7 November, 2018

Beyond Escape Routes: New Requirements of the 18th Edition

Gary Parker, Senior Technical Support Engineer at the ECA, looks at the fire safety ramifications of rece ...

Gary Parker, Senior Technical Support Engineer at the ECA, looks at the fire safety ramifications of recent changes to the 18th Edition regulations. The recently released 18th Edition regulations have ...

7 November, 2018
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What is a Cable Safe Zone?

|Date: 23 October, 2018

What is a Cable Safe Zone?

Mark Longley MIET, a tutor at Trade Skills 4U, offers essential guidance to help keep cable installations ...

Mark Longley MIET, a tutor at Trade Skills 4U, offers essential guidance to help keep cable installations safe. Put simply, a cable safe zone is a space in which a cable can be installed in such a pos ...

23 October, 2018
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Question Time: Flexible Metal Conduit

|Date: 7 July, 2018

Question Time: Flexible Metal Conduit

NAPIT’s Bill Allan looks at some of the common issues with flexible metal conduit and the answers to thes ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan looks at some of the common issues with flexible metal conduit and the answers to these. The most common application for flexible conduit - whether it is metallic or non-metallic - ...

7 July, 2018
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18th Edition: How Are Cable Supports Changing?

|Date: 30 June, 2018

18th Edition: How Are Cable Supports Changing?

Jonathan Rawlinson, Technical Manager at Prysmian, helps clarify the rules relating to cable supports in ...

Jonathan Rawlinson, Technical Manager at Prysmian, helps clarify the rules relating to cable supports in advance of proposed changes to the Wiring Regulations. The proposed changes to the 18th Edition ...

30 June, 2018
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Cable Specification: Best Practice

|Date: 14 June, 2018

Cable Specification: Best Practice

Tim Brown, National Sales Manager at cable management specialist, Unitrunk, shares insights from the comp ...

Tim Brown, National Sales Manager at cable management specialist, Unitrunk, shares insights from the company’s CPD on compliance and specification best practice. When you consider the complexity of th ...

14 June, 2018
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Recess or Reassess? The Case For Surface Installations

|Date: 26 May, 2018

Recess or Reassess? The Case For Surface Installations

In this article the experts at D-Line provide the case for surface installations. How to route cables is ...

In this article the experts at D-Line provide the case for surface installations. How to route cables is often a primary consideration of any installation. In a new build the practicality of using cei ...

26 May, 2018
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Garden Lighting: Keeping the Cable Correct

|Date: 23 March, 2018

Garden Lighting: Keeping the Cable Correct

Martin Boorman of Prysmian looks at safe and reliable cable options for garden lighting. Most garden ligh ...

Martin Boorman of Prysmian looks at safe and reliable cable options for garden lighting. Most garden lighting installations will use mains voltage – it’s a more robust system appropriate for the chall ...

23 March, 2018
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Requirements For The IP Rating Of Trunking

|Date: 3 March, 2018

Requirements For The IP Rating Of Trunking

In this bulletin the ECA’s technical team looks at the requirements for the IP rating of trunking. ...

In this bulletin the ECA’s technical team looks at the requirements for the IP rating of trunking. The trunking currently being used in electrical installations typically has an International Pr ...

3 March, 2018
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Supporting Cables Above Suspended Ceilings

|Date: 20 January, 2018

Supporting Cables Above Suspended Ceilings

NAPIT’s Bill Allan and Donald Holmes offer expert advice on the correct methods for supporting cables abo ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan and Donald Holmes offer expert advice on the correct methods for supporting cables above suspended ceilings. It has long been accepted as good practice to support cables above suspe ...

20 January, 2018
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