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Automatic Switching Devices – Assessing Their Switching Capacity

|Date: 14 February, 2019

Automatic Switching Devices – Assessing Their Switching Capacity

Best practice advice from the experts at ELECSA. Many existing businesses and homeowners and those design ...

Best practice advice from the experts at ELECSA. Many existing businesses and homeowners and those designing new buildings are increasingly turning to eﬃcient and eﬀective ways to reduce energy costs ...

14 February, 2019
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First stage of Apprentice Competition comes to a close

|Date: 11 January, 2019

First stage of Apprentice Competition comes to a close

More than 650 students have entered this year’s NICEIC and ELECSA Apprentice of the Year competition. Sta ...

More than 650 students have entered this year’s NICEIC and ELECSA Apprentice of the Year competition. Stage one of the contest closed at Christmas and the judges are now working their way through all ...

11 January, 2019
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Electrical Installation for Greenhouses

|Date: 19 December, 2018

Electrical Installation for Greenhouses

Except for those requirements applying only to locations where livestock is kept, the requirements relati ...

Except for those requirements applying only to locations where livestock is kept, the requirements relating to agricultural and horticultural premises given in Section 705 of BS 7671 apply to the elec ...

19 December, 2018
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Isolation and Switching: Best Practice

|Date: 11 December, 2018

Isolation and Switching: Best Practice

The term 'isolation and switching', as used in BS 7671 and shown in Table 1, embraces four distinct conce ...

The term 'isolation and switching', as used in BS 7671 and shown in Table 1, embraces four distinct concepts, each with its own particular requirements for safety. The four concepts are isolation, swi ...

11 December, 2018
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Cutting Notches and Drilling Holes in Joists

|Date: 20 November, 2018

Cutting Notches and Drilling Holes in Joists

Cutting notches and drilling holes in joists As part of any new installation work or a re-wire, a cable, ...

Cutting notches and drilling holes in joists As part of any new installation work or a re-wire, a cable, trunking or cable tray sometimes has to pass through an element of building construction, such ...

20 November, 2018
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NICEIC and ELECSA Return to Aintree Racecourse for Live North

|Date: 9 November, 2018

NICEIC and ELECSA Return to Aintree Racecourse for Live North

NICEIC and ELECSA are making their way back to Liverpool for this year’s Live North. The live event gives ...

NICEIC and ELECSA are making their way back to Liverpool for this year’s Live North. The live event gives contractors across the north of England the chance to catch up with vital industry information ...

9 November, 2018
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Armoured Cable Supplies to Outbuildings

|Date: 9 November, 2018

Armoured Cable Supplies to Outbuildings

ELECSA consistently receives enquiries relating to supplies to detached outbuildings of domestic premises ...

ELECSA consistently receives enquiries relating to supplies to detached outbuildings of domestic premises, such as garages, sheds or home-oﬃces. This article addresses the questions which typically ar ...

9 November, 2018
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Talking ‘Bout A Resolution

|Date: 17 October, 2018

Talking ‘Bout A Resolution

In this article we take a look at the resolution procedure in place at NICEIC and ELECSA on the rare occa ...

In this article we take a look at the resolution procedure in place at NICEIC and ELECSA on the rare occasion when something doesn’t quite go to plan. NICEIC and ELECSA represent more than 34,000 regi ...

17 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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Additions or Alterations – When/Where Are You Allowed To Make Them?

|Date: 1 August, 2018

Additions or Alterations – When/Where Are You Allowed To Make Them?

Compliance advice from the experts at NICEIC. Most domestic electrical installations will require one or ...

Compliance advice from the experts at NICEIC. Most domestic electrical installations will require one or more additions or alterations during their lifetime. Where such work is proposed, it is importa ...

1 August, 2018
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