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Circuit identification details – why information is key | NAPIT

|Date: 6 January, 2022

Circuit identification details – why information is key | NAPIT

When carrying out new installation works and alterations to an existing commercial premises, it is often ...

When carrying out new installation works and alterations to an existing commercial premises, it is often found that the circuit identification details on the Switchboard and Distribution Board circuit ...

6 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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Ask Ovia: what tips do you have for better use of downlights in domestic properties?

|Date: 4 January, 2022

Ask Ovia: what tips do you have for better use of downlights in domestic properties?

The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike C ...

The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. Domestic lighting is very subjective as individual t ...

4 January, 2022
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Requirements for emergency and mechanical maintenance switches | NAPIT

|Date: 22 December, 2021

Requirements for emergency and mechanical maintenance switches | NAPIT

NAPIT's Technical Development Engineer, Richard Townsend, discusses the differences and BS 7671 requireme ...

NAPIT's Technical Development Engineer, Richard Townsend, discusses the differences and BS 7671 requirements for emergency and mechanical maintenance switches. A switch is a switch…. isn’t it? Often m ...

22 December, 2021
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The Training Ground: What’s the best way to prepare for the Inspection & Testing element of the AM2? | NET

|Date: 22 December, 2021

The Training Ground: What’s the best way to prepare for the Inspection & Testing element of the AM2? | NET

The experts at National Electrotechnical Training (NET) answer a common training-related query. The Inspe ...

The experts at National Electrotechnical Training (NET) answer a common training-related query. The Inspection and Testing section of the AM2 is certainly one where candidates have difficulty achievin ...

22 December, 2021
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Requirements for luminaires and lighting installations | NICEIC

|Date: 22 December, 2021

Requirements for luminaires and lighting installations | NICEIC

The team at NICEIC and ELECSA look at the selection and erection of luminaires and some of the requiremen ...

The team at NICEIC and ELECSA look at the selection and erection of luminaires and some of the requirements of Section 559 covering lighting installations intended to be part of fixed electrical insta ...

22 December, 2021
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Design considerations for distribution trunking | NAPIT

|Date: 6 October, 2021

Design considerations for distribution trunking | NAPIT

Technical Events Manager and Technical Author of NAPIT’s award-winning On-site Solutions, Paul Chaffers, ...

Technical Events Manager and Technical Author of NAPIT’s award-winning On-site Solutions, Paul Chaffers, takes a closer look at some of the important design considerations for distribution trunking. D ...

6 October, 2021
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RCD risk assessments explained | NAPIT

|Date: 18 July, 2021

RCD risk assessments explained | NAPIT

NAPIT’s Technical Manager, Trevor Milner, discusses additional protection for socket outlets and risk ass ...

NAPIT’s Technical Manager, Trevor Milner, discusses additional protection for socket outlets and risk assessments. Initial installation BS 7671:2018 introduced a provision in Regulation 411.3.3, which ...

18 July, 2021
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A guide to EICR coding | Electrical Contractors Association (ECA)

|Date: 12 July, 2021

A guide to EICR coding | Electrical Contractors Association (ECA)

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, gives an overview of the codes that make up those all-important Elect ...

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, gives an overview of the codes that make up those all-important Electrical Installation Condition Reports. ECA’s technical experts are often quizzed by members abou ...

12 July, 2021
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Underfloor heating: getting the basics right | Peter Arrow

|Date: 8 July, 2021

Underfloor heating: getting the basics right | Peter Arrow

There's no better way to increase the thermal comfort of a living space than through the introduction of ...

There's no better way to increase the thermal comfort of a living space than through the introduction of an underfloor heating system. Here, Peter Arrow EngTech MIET, offers best practice guidance to ...

8 July, 2021
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