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Concealed cables: how to deal with new and existing cabling

|Date: 16 October, 2024

Concealed cables: how to deal with new and existing cabling

Frank Bertie, Managing Director at NAPIT, discusses concealed cabling and how to deal with new and existi ...

Frank Bertie, Managing Director at NAPIT, discusses concealed cabling and how to deal with new and existing cabling. Concealed wiring systems within BS 7671 When designing any electrical installation, ...

16 October, 2024
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What is corona discharge?

|Date: 25 September, 2024

What is corona discharge?

John Hayhurst, Electrical Tutor at City Skills SCC, explores the phenomenon of corona discharge near powe ...

John Hayhurst, Electrical Tutor at City Skills SCC, explores the phenomenon of corona discharge near power lines. Have you ever walked near high-voltage power lines and noticed a faint crackling noise ...

25 September, 2024
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What are the steps involved in successful fault finding?

|Date: 20 September, 2024

What are the steps involved in successful fault finding?

Steve Humphreys, Technical Commercial Manager at NAPIT, unravels the mysteries behind fault detection. An ...

Steve Humphreys, Technical Commercial Manager at NAPIT, unravels the mysteries behind fault detection. An electrical fault isn’t a natural occurrence; rather, it is an unplanned event that occurs unex ...

20 September, 2024
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Codebreakers #82

|Date: 19 September, 2024

Codebreakers #82

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 ...

19 September, 2024
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RCBO Types and Their Applications

|Date: 16 September, 2024

RCBO Types and Their Applications

Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement at Scolmore Group, considers some types of RCBOs and their appli ...

Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement at Scolmore Group, considers some types of RCBOs and their applications, along with the relevant requirements of BS 7671. Residual current operated circuit-bre ...

16 September, 2024
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Codebreakers #81

|Date: 11 September, 2024

Codebreakers #81

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 ...

11 September, 2024
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How to Choose and Use Socket Testers

|Date: 9 September, 2024

How to Choose and Use Socket Testers

Steve Dunning, Managing Director of Martindale Electric, takes a closer look at how to choose and use the ...

Steve Dunning, Managing Director of Martindale Electric, takes a closer look at how to choose and use the right socket tester. Socket outlet testers (socket testers for short) have become very popular ...

9 September, 2024
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Why should you take time to properly design an electrical system?

|Date: 4 September, 2024

Why should you take time to properly design an electrical system?

Raphael Magnus, Managing Director at Safe-Electric, looks at the legal and ethical reasons that dictate t ...

Raphael Magnus, Managing Director at Safe-Electric, looks at the legal and ethical reasons that dictate the value of a properly designed electrical system. In my experience, too many electricians don’ ...

4 September, 2024
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Made 2 Measure: Is there a way to automate the process of filling in test certificates for EV charge points?

|Date: 16 August, 2024

Made 2 Measure: Is there a way to automate the process of filling in test certificates for EV charge points?

Working on your own? Need some technical advice? Don’t know where to turn? The technical team at Megger a ...

Working on your own? Need some technical advice? Don’t know where to turn? The technical team at Megger answers the latest technical query from end users. YOU ASK: RECENTLY, I’VE BEEN MORE INVOLVED WI ...

16 August, 2024
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Navigating Power Quality and Energy Efficiency | Chauvin Arnoux

|Date: 12 August, 2024

Navigating Power Quality and Energy Efficiency | Chauvin Arnoux

Julian Grant of Chauvin- Arnoux UK provides a guide to navigating the subject of power quality and energy ...

Julian Grant of Chauvin- Arnoux UK provides a guide to navigating the subject of power quality and energy efficiency. UNDERSTANDING TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION Modern world electronic products, applianc ...

12 August, 2024
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