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What are the changes to the requirements for insulation resistance testing?

|Date: 20 November, 2024

What are the changes to the requirements for insulation resistance testing?

The publication of Amendment 2 of BS 7671 (AMD2) introduced several changes to the requirements for insul ...

The publication of Amendment 2 of BS 7671 (AMD2) introduced several changes to the requirements for insulation resistance testing within Part 6 of that standard. This article from the experts at NICEI ...

20 November, 2024
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Unicrimp offer Multi-Reel Mixed PVC Sleeving

|Date: 10 October, 2024

Unicrimp offer Multi-Reel Mixed PVC Sleeving

Unicrimp extends its comprehensive Q-Crimp sleeving range with the new Multi-Reel Mixed PVC Sleeving. The ...

Unicrimp extends its comprehensive Q-Crimp sleeving range with the new Multi-Reel Mixed PVC Sleeving. The Multi-Reel mixed sleeving provides installers with Brown, Blue & Green / Yellow colour cod ...

10 October, 2024
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Logic Plus Rapid Fix case study: Rapid Fix Ross | MK Electric

|Date: 25 October, 2021

Logic Plus Rapid Fix case study: Rapid Fix Ross | MK Electric

Ashley Clements-Smith, Senior Channel Lead at MK Electric, chats with Ross Sands from RS Electrix, to fin ...

Ashley Clements-Smith, Senior Channel Lead at MK Electric, chats with Ross Sands from RS Electrix, to find out what he thought about the new Logic Plus Rapid Fix after he was given the opportunity to ...

25 October, 2021
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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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Myth Busters: Modular Wiring

|Date: 19 May, 2018

Myth Busters: Modular Wiring

David Draper, Interconnection Product Manager at WAGO, debunks a few of the myths surrounding modular wir ...

David Draper, Interconnection Product Manager at WAGO, debunks a few of the myths surrounding modular wiring. Modular wiring is an increasingly popular solution for commercial installations. Pre-wired ...

19 May, 2018
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Identification of Electrical Wiring

|Date: 31 March, 2018

Identification of Electrical Wiring

Identiﬁcation of electrical wiring should be clear and accurate so that the risk of injury or damage is m ...

Identiﬁcation of electrical wiring should be clear and accurate so that the risk of injury or damage is minimised. This article looks at requirements relating to the identiﬁcation of conductors contai ...

31 March, 2018
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Services in Walls: What’s the Impact on Building Stability?

|Date: 22 January, 2018

Services in Walls: What’s the Impact on Building Stability?

This topic refers to the potential impact on building stability from the installation of services within ...

This topic refers to the potential impact on building stability from the installation of services within walls. Approved Document A, Structure, 2004 Edition, as amended, (ADA) can be downloaded from t ...

22 January, 2018
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Quickwire | Prewired Junction box

|Date: 13 December, 2017

Quickwire | Prewired Junction box

We learn more about a revolutionary prewired junction box that is set to take the market by storm. The Qu ...

We learn more about a revolutionary prewired junction box that is set to take the market by storm. The Quickwire prewired junction box is the latest product from the designer of the ‘flex7’ lighting c ...

13 December, 2017
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MK Electric | Customer is King

|Date: 27 October, 2017

MK Electric | Customer is King

Emma Segelov, Head of Marketing at MK Electric, explains why customer feedback was paramount in the desig ...

Emma Segelov, Head of Marketing at MK Electric, explains why customer feedback was paramount in the design of its new range of wiring devices. UK companies live and die by research and development – w ...

27 October, 2017
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WAGO on Screwless Connection Technology

|Date: 14 January, 2016

WAGO on Screwless Connection Technology

Given the proven advantages of screwless connection technology, staying with old style screw-type methods ...

Given the proven advantages of screwless connection technology, staying with old style screw-type methods really isn’t worth the risk, argues WAGO’s Sarah Burrows. In recent years, more and more elect ...

14 January, 2016
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