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Protective Earthing Systems: What’s the difference between PME and PNB? | ECA

|Date: 24 June, 2024

Protective Earthing Systems: What’s the difference between PME and PNB? | ECA

Darren Crannis, ECA Technical Manager, looks at protective earthing systems and unravels the difference b ...

Darren Crannis, ECA Technical Manager, looks at protective earthing systems and unravels the difference between PME and PNB. The distinctions between TN-C-S earthing variants, Protective Multiple Eart ...

24 June, 2024
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Determining selectivity for circuit-breakers conforming to BS EN 60898

|Date: 21 June, 2024

Determining selectivity for circuit-breakers conforming to BS EN 60898

Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement at Scolmore Group, briefly considers one aspect of selectivity a ...

Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement at Scolmore Group, briefly considers one aspect of selectivity as it relates to overcurrent protective devices (OCPD), and in particular circuit-breakers confo ...

21 June, 2024
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Codebreakers #77

|Date: 19 June, 2024

Codebreakers #77

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 June, 2024
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18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

|Date: 14 June, 2024

18th Edition RCD Requirements for Heat Pump Installations | Doepke

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation ...

Are you involved directly with heat pump installations or expecting to deal with an existing installation? A better understanding of RCD requirements associated with HPs can save time and money for yo ...

14 June, 2024
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Mythbusting: The use of flexible cables in fixed installations

|Date: 14 June, 2024

Mythbusting: The use of flexible cables in fixed installations

In this article, originally written for the IET Wiring Matters publication, James Eade looks to dispel so ...

In this article, originally written for the IET Wiring Matters publication, James Eade looks to dispel some of the myths surrounding the use of flexible cables in fixed installations. The content for ...

14 June, 2024
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Made 2 Measure: what test equipment do you recommend when working on EV chargepoints?

|Date: 13 June, 2024

Made 2 Measure: what test equipment do you recommend when working on EV chargepoints?

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’M OFTEN BEING ASKED ABOUT FITTING ...

13 June, 2024
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What are the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors? | Hager

|Date: 12 June, 2024

What are the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors? | Hager

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, shares the importance of observing protective device t ...

Hager's Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, shares the importance of observing protective device terminal markings and discusses the requirements for disconnecting all live conductors, includin ...

12 June, 2024
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Amendment 3:2024 to BS 7671:2018 – Draft for Public Consultation (DPC): Dispelling The Myths

|Date: 31 May, 2024

Amendment 3:2024 to BS 7671:2018 – Draft for Public Consultation (DPC): Dispelling The Myths

With less than a week to go until the DPC for Amendment 3:2024 to BS 7671:2018 closes, Mark Coles, Head o ...

With less than a week to go until the DPC for Amendment 3:2024 to BS 7671:2018 closes, Mark Coles, Head of Technical Regulations at the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), gives an upda ...

31 May, 2024
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Ask Ovia: what makes the Inceptor Milli downlight easy to install?

|Date: 31 May, 2024

Ask Ovia: what makes the Inceptor Milli downlight easy to install?

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 makes your products (or one product in parti ...

31 May, 2024
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The Training Ground: what certificates should apprentices get when they complete their AM2S?

|Date: 29 May, 2024

The Training Ground: what certificates should apprentices get when they complete their AM2S?

Q. My apprentice has completed his AM2S but I’ve not got the apprenticeship certificate yet. Why is this? ...

Q. My apprentice has completed his AM2S but I’ve not got the apprenticeship certificate yet. Why is this? There can often be confusion around which certificates NET issue directly and what is issued b ...

29 May, 2024
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