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Why Certify A LAN Cabling Installation?

|Date: 8 November, 2018

Why Certify A LAN Cabling Installation?

LAN cable certifiers are the go-to method of testing twisted pair cabling. But why do installers need to ...

LAN cable certifiers are the go-to method of testing twisted pair cabling. But why do installers need to certify cabling? And what is the difference between a certifier and other types of LAN testers? ...

8 November, 2018
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Beyond Escape Routes: New Requirements of the 18th Edition

|Date: 7 November, 2018

Beyond Escape Routes: New Requirements of the 18th Edition

Gary Parker, Senior Technical Support Engineer at the ECA, looks at the fire safety ramifications of rece ...

Gary Parker, Senior Technical Support Engineer at the ECA, looks at the fire safety ramifications of recent changes to the 18th Edition regulations. The recently released 18th Edition regulations have ...

7 November, 2018
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What is a Cable Safe Zone?

|Date: 23 October, 2018

What is a Cable Safe Zone?

Mark Longley MIET, a tutor at Trade Skills 4U, offers essential guidance to help keep cable installations ...

Mark Longley MIET, a tutor at Trade Skills 4U, offers essential guidance to help keep cable installations safe. Put simply, a cable safe zone is a space in which a cable can be installed in such a pos ...

23 October, 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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Paperwork: What You Should Be Aware Of

|Date: 15 October, 2018

Paperwork: What You Should Be Aware Of

NAPIT’s Don Holmes identifies some essential items of paperwork that contractors should be aware of, as r ...

NAPIT’s Don Holmes identifies some essential items of paperwork that contractors should be aware of, as required by industry regulations. ...

15 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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18th Edition: Changes to Inspection & Testing

|Date: 3 October, 2018

18th Edition: Changes to Inspection & Testing

Stroma Certification provides 18th Edition guidance for inspectors working in the inspection and testing ...

Stroma Certification provides 18th Edition guidance for inspectors working in the inspection and testing fields. The publication of the 18th Edition has seen significant changes to Part 6 Inspection a ...

3 October, 2018
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What Are The Common LED Disruptors?

|Date: 29 September, 2018

What Are The Common LED Disruptors?

In this article the team at Zano Controls look at why inrush current and power factor can cause disruptio ...

In this article the team at Zano Controls look at why inrush current and power factor can cause disruption to your LED installation. It’s a contentious subject, but independent testing has found a hug ...

29 September, 2018
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Fire-Rated Downlights: Times Are A Changing

|Date: 21 September, 2018

Fire-Rated Downlights: Times Are A Changing

John Bullivant, Technical Manager at Eterna Lighting, provides us with a guide to 30, 60 and 90 minute fi ...

John Bullivant, Technical Manager at Eterna Lighting, provides us with a guide to 30, 60 and 90 minute fire rated downlights. Building regulation Part B speciﬁes the level of ﬁre protection required w ...

21 September, 2018
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