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Garden Lighting: Keeping the Cable Correct

|Date: 23 March, 2018

Garden Lighting: Keeping the Cable Correct

Martin Boorman of Prysmian looks at safe and reliable cable options for garden lighting. Most garden ligh ...

Martin Boorman of Prysmian looks at safe and reliable cable options for garden lighting. Most garden lighting installations will use mains voltage – it’s a more robust system appropriate for the chall ...

23 March, 2018
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Industrial Lighting: How to Avoid Common Problems

|Date: 22 March, 2018

Industrial Lighting: How to Avoid Common Problems

Eaton offers guidance on the key questions you should be asking in order to avoid some of the common ligh ...

Eaton offers guidance on the key questions you should be asking in order to avoid some of the common lighting pitfalls associated with industrial buildings. Eaton believes that lighting costs in indus ...

22 March, 2018
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Ingress Protection: How Does It Work?

|Date: 19 March, 2018

Ingress Protection: How Does It Work?

What is Ingress Protection (IP) and why are IP Ratings important for external fittings? The team at Integ ...

What is Ingress Protection (IP) and why are IP Ratings important for external fittings? The team at Integral LED has the answers. As a professional installer, you’ll be familiar with IP Ratings on out ...

19 March, 2018
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Ventilation System Design: Why It’s Important To Plan Ahead

|Date: 17 March, 2018

Ventilation System Design: Why It’s Important To Plan Ahead

Christian Rehn, National Design and Project Manager of National Ventilation, explains how ventilation sys ...

Christian Rehn, National Design and Project Manager of National Ventilation, explains how ventilation system design can be made simple. As housebuilding in the UK continues unabated, electrical contra ...

17 March, 2018
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How To Replace Consumer Units: Part 1

|Date: 15 March, 2018

How To Replace Consumer Units: Part 1

NAPIT Regional Inspections Manager, Paul Chaffers, explains how best to tackle this important job on dome ...

NAPIT Regional Inspections Manager, Paul Chaffers, explains how best to tackle this important job on domestic premises without making it difficult for the installer and the customer. Consumer units (C ...

15 March, 2018
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Made 2 Measure: Nuisance Tripping

|Date: 13 March, 2018

Made 2 Measure: Nuisance Tripping

You asked: I’ve been having a lot of trouble recently with nuisance tripping of RCDs and RCBOs. It’s ofte ...

You asked: I’ve been having a lot of trouble recently with nuisance tripping of RCDs and RCBOs. It’s often difficult to trace the source of the problem, especially when it’s intermittent. Do you have ...

13 March, 2018
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Circuit Protection: An Evolution

|Date: 9 March, 2018

Circuit Protection: An Evolution

From their introduction in the late 1800s consumer units have seen many design changes to improve functio ...

From their introduction in the late 1800s consumer units have seen many design changes to improve functionality and safety. The team at Europa Components takes us through some of the key amendments. I ...

9 March, 2018
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Hybrid Ring/Radial Final Circuits: Are They Acceptable?

|Date: 7 March, 2018

Hybrid Ring/Radial Final Circuits: Are They Acceptable?

The experts at ELECSA share their technical advice. The NICEIC helpline is occasionally asked whether a r ...

The experts at ELECSA share their technical advice. The NICEIC helpline is occasionally asked whether a ring ﬁnal circuit has to be supplied directly from a protective device in the distribution board ...

7 March, 2018
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Requirements For The IP Rating Of Trunking

|Date: 3 March, 2018

Requirements For The IP Rating Of Trunking

In this bulletin the ECA’s technical team looks at the requirements for the IP rating of trunking. ...

In this bulletin the ECA’s technical team looks at the requirements for the IP rating of trunking. The trunking currently being used in electrical installations typically has an International Pr ...

3 March, 2018
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The Impact of Thermal Insulation on the Current Carrying Capacity of Flat Twin and Earth Cables

|Date: 28 February, 2018

The Impact of Thermal Insulation on the Current Carrying Capacity of Flat Twin and Earth Cables

Whilst the current-carrying capacity of a cable is dependent on a number of factors, this article looks a ...

Whilst the current-carrying capacity of a cable is dependent on a number of factors, this article looks at the impact of thermally insulating materials on the current-carrying capacity of ﬂat twin and ...

28 February, 2018
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