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Ask Ovia: What are the key considerations when recommending floodlighting solutions?

|Date: 18 August, 2025

Ask Ovia: What are the key considerations when recommending floodlighting solutions?

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. Q. WHAT ARE THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS WHEN RECOMMENDING ...

18 August, 2025
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What to consider before installing EV charge points

|Date: 13 August, 2025

What to consider before installing EV charge points

Pod Point’s Electrical Compliance Manager, Richard Townsend, provides an insight into what to consider be ...

Pod Point’s Electrical Compliance Manager, Richard Townsend, provides an insight into what to consider before installing EV charge points. We often receive requests from clients to retrofit EV charge ...

13 August, 2025
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NICEIC FAQs: The experts at NICEIC answer the latest industry queries

|Date: 5 August, 2025

NICEIC FAQs: The experts at NICEIC answer the latest industry queries

Each month, our team of expert, technical engineers answer essential questions from NICEIC-certified busi ...

Each month, our team of expert, technical engineers answer essential questions from NICEIC-certified businesses – here are a few of the latest queries. Q. Who should make the recommendation for the in ...

5 August, 2025
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Made 2 Measure: can you tell me about the new volt finder that can also measure temperature?

|Date: 4 August, 2025

Made 2 Measure: can you tell me about the new volt finder that can also measure temperature?

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: I WAS TALKING TO ANOTHER ELECTRICIAN ...

4 August, 2025
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Delving into the issue of fault currents

|Date: 30 July, 2025

Delving into the issue of fault currents

In the second of a series of articles aimed at helping you to gain a better understanding of three-phase ...

In the second of a series of articles aimed at helping you to gain a better understanding of three-phase supplies, Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement at Scolmore Group, delves into the issue of ...

30 July, 2025
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Codebreakers #102

|Date: 28 July, 2025

Codebreakers #102

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 ...

28 July, 2025
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Selecting protective devices for when bidirectional power flow is to be expected

|Date: 23 July, 2025

Selecting protective devices for when bidirectional power flow is to be expected

This article from the experts at NICEIC describes what factors must be taken into account when selecting ...

This article from the experts at NICEIC describes what factors must be taken into account when selecting protective devices for use in applications where bidirectional power flow is to be expected in ...

23 July, 2025
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Analysing the installation of cables within containment systems

|Date: 9 July, 2025

Analysing the installation of cables within containment systems

Steve Humphreys, Technical Commercial Manager at NAPIT, analyses the installation of cables within contai ...

Steve Humphreys, Technical Commercial Manager at NAPIT, analyses the installation of cables within containment systems. How often have we lifted a lid off a run of trunking to reveal that it is jam-pa ...

9 July, 2025
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Codebreakers #101

|Date: 8 July, 2025

Codebreakers #101

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 ...

8 July, 2025
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The requirements for protection against electric shocks in medical locations

|Date: 2 July, 2025

The requirements for protection against electric shocks in medical locations

This article from the experts at NICEIC looks at the requirements of Section 710 of BS 7671 for electrica ...

This article from the experts at NICEIC looks at the requirements of Section 710 of BS 7671 for electrical installations in medical locations, and in particular, considers the requirements for the pro ...

2 July, 2025
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