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18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

|Date: 14 June, 2024

18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation ...

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation? A better understanding of RCD requirements associated with HPs can save time and money for yo ...

14 June, 2024
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What are the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors? | Hager

|Date: 12 June, 2024

What are the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors? | Hager

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, shares the importance of observing protective device t ...

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, shares the importance of observing protective device terminal markings and discusses the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors, includin ...

12 June, 2024
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Codebreakers #71

|Date: 5 March, 2024

Codebreakers #71

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 ...

5 March, 2024
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Prioritise your protection | Timeguard

|Date: 9 April, 2021

Prioritise your protection | Timeguard

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether the SRCD protection you install is up to standard. RCD-protec ...

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether the SRCD protection you install is up to standard. RCD-protected switched sockets and spurs (SRCDs) should at the very least comply with the latest safety s ...

9 April, 2021
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18th Edition: Earth leakage explained

|Date: 13 November, 2019

18th Edition: Earth leakage explained

Do you need to know if your cables are leaky? According to the 18th Edition, the answer is ‘yes’, as Dave ...

Do you need to know if your cables are leaky? According to the 18th Edition, the answer is ‘yes’, as Dave Sweetman, Marketing & Business Development Director at Di-LOG Group explains. How often ha ...

13 November, 2019
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Bureau Veritas RCD warning

|Date: 31 October, 2019

Bureau Veritas RCD warning

Bureau Veritas warns of rising number of AC type Residual current devices (RCDs) being adversely affected ...

Bureau Veritas warns of rising number of AC type Residual current devices (RCDs) being adversely affected by direct currents (DC) from electronic devices and renewable energy sources. Their warning fo ...

31 October, 2019
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RCD Protection: Is It Fit For Purpose?

|Date: 17 June, 2019

RCD Protection: Is It Fit For Purpose?

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether your RCD protection is up to standard. It’s now two years sin ...

Andy Douglas, MD at Timeguard, asks whether your RCD protection is up to standard. It’s now two years since the latest British Standard for RCD protection and, while there has been the usual period of ...

17 June, 2019
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Leakage Current And The 18th Edition

|Date: 21 May, 2019

Leakage Current And The 18th Edition

Ever had a problem with nuisance RCD tripping? Martindale Electric explains how the 18th Edition regulati ...

Ever had a problem with nuisance RCD tripping? Martindale Electric explains how the 18th Edition regulations and the company’s latest leakage current clamp meter have come to the rescue. Modern applia ...

21 May, 2019
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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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