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Checking the RCD Function in RCBOS

|Date: 18 March, 2019

Checking the RCD Function in RCBOS

NAPIT’s Bill Allan is back this month with more essential technical advice. The emphasis on the need for ...

NAPIT’s Bill Allan is back this month with more essential technical advice. The emphasis on the need for RCD protection in BS 7671:2018 means that, where RCBOs (residual current operated circuit-break ...

18 March, 2019
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Surge Protection: What Are The Requirements For Domestic Dwellings?

|Date: 13 March, 2019

Surge Protection: What Are The Requirements For Domestic Dwellings?

Here the technical experts at Europa Components offer advice on installing surge protection devices in do ...

Here the technical experts at Europa Components offer advice on installing surge protection devices in domestic dwellings. Regulation 443.4 requires protection against transient overvoltage to be prov ...

13 March, 2019
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How To Install Meter Tails To Consumer Units

|Date: 13 December, 2018

How To Install Meter Tails To Consumer Units

NAPIT Technical Events Manager, Paul Chaffers, advises on installing meter tails to consumer units at new ...

NAPIT Technical Events Manager, Paul Chaffers, advises on installing meter tails to consumer units at new build properties. When replacing a consumer unit the original meter tails are often retained u ...

13 December, 2018
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Arc Fault Protection: Requirements & Recommendations

|Date: 30 November, 2018

Arc Fault Protection: Requirements & Recommendations

Simon Rowlinson of Wylex delves into the 18th Edition regulations to explore whether Arc Fault Detection ...

Simon Rowlinson of Wylex delves into the 18th Edition regulations to explore whether Arc Fault Detection Devices (AFDDs), although defined as a 'recommendation', are essentially 'mandatory' in certain ...

30 November, 2018
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Selectivity: When Is It Required?

|Date: 21 November, 2018

Selectivity: When Is It Required?

The technical team at Stroma take a look changes to the 18th Edition regarding selectivity between overcu ...

The technical team at Stroma take a look changes to the 18th Edition regarding selectivity between overcurrent protective devices and what this means for installers. The 18th Edition of BS 7671 has ch ...

21 November, 2018
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Why Is There The Urge For ‘Surge’?

|Date: 19 November, 2018

Why Is There The Urge For ‘Surge’?

The experts at Schneider Electric help us to better understand surge protection and how contractors can d ...

The experts at Schneider Electric help us to better understand surge protection and how contractors can determine whether it is required. Electronic equipment has played a vital role in how our homes ...

19 November, 2018
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Will We See SPD As ‘Standard’?

|Date: 9 November, 2018

Will We See SPD As ‘Standard’?

Paul Dawson from electrical accessories and consumables specialist, Niglon, discusses why the 18th Editio ...

Paul Dawson from electrical accessories and consumables specialist, Niglon, discusses why the 18th Edition regulations should mean we see SPDs installed as standard across domestic and commercial proj ...

9 November, 2018
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Residual Current Devices – Where Should They Be Used?

|Date: 19 October, 2018

Residual Current Devices – Where Should They Be Used?

Best practice guidance and advice from the experts at NICEIC. RCD is a generic term that covers a range o ...

Best practice guidance and advice from the experts at NICEIC. RCD is a generic term that covers a range of residual current devices including RCBOs and RCCBs. Primarily an RCD is selected so that its ...

19 October, 2018
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Made 2 Measure: Loop Testing of RCBO/RCD Circuits

|Date: 10 October, 2018

Made 2 Measure: Loop Testing of RCBO/RCD Circuits

The technical team at Megger answer this month’s reader query. YOU ASKED: I’ve been working in a college ...

The technical team at Megger answer this month’s reader query. YOU ASKED: I’ve been working in a college recently where supplies to the lab benches are protected by RCBOs with a 10ma earth leakage tri ...

10 October, 2018
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RCDs: Operation and Application Explained

|Date: 8 October, 2018

RCDs: Operation and Application Explained

Essential technical advice from the team at ELECSA. The RCD has become an indispensable protective device ...

Essential technical advice from the team at ELECSA. The RCD has become an indispensable protective device, selected to provide fault protection, additional protection and, in certain circumstances, pr ...

8 October, 2018
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