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How to Choose and Use Socket Testers

|Date: 9 September, 2024

How to Choose and Use Socket Testers

Steve Dunning, Managing Director of Martindale Electric, takes a closer look at how to choose and use the ...

Steve Dunning, Managing Director of Martindale Electric, takes a closer look at how to choose and use the right socket tester. Socket outlet testers (socket testers for short) have become very popular ...

9 September, 2024
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Why should you take time to properly design an electrical system?

|Date: 4 September, 2024

Why should you take time to properly design an electrical system?

Raphael Magnus, Managing Director at Safe-Electric, looks at the legal and ethical reasons that dictate t ...

Raphael Magnus, Managing Director at Safe-Electric, looks at the legal and ethical reasons that dictate the value of a properly designed electrical system. In my experience, too many electricians don’ ...

4 September, 2024
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Made 2 Measure: Is there a way to automate the process of filling in test certificates for EV charge points?

|Date: 16 August, 2024

Made 2 Measure: Is there a way to automate the process of filling in test certificates for EV charge points?

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: RECENTLY, I’VE BEEN MORE INVOLVED WI ...

16 August, 2024
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Navigating Power Quality and Energy Efficiency | Chauvin Arnoux

|Date: 12 August, 2024

Navigating Power Quality and Energy Efficiency | Chauvin Arnoux

Julian Grant of Chauvin- Arnoux UK provides a guide to navigating the subject of power quality and energy ...

Julian Grant of Chauvin- Arnoux UK provides a guide to navigating the subject of power quality and energy efficiency. UNDERSTANDING TOTAL HARMONIC DISTORTION Modern world electronic products, applianc ...

12 August, 2024
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How Do Product Circularity Ratings Work? | ROBUS

|Date: 26 July, 2024

How Do Product Circularity Ratings Work? | ROBUS

Are you asking manufacturers for product circularity ratings? The team at ROBUS explain more about why th ...

Are you asking manufacturers for product circularity ratings? The team at ROBUS explain more about why this is such an important consideration for lighting installers. If aliens were to bend their ear ...

26 July, 2024
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Selecting a suitable wiring system for an electrical installation: what environmental conditions need to be considered? | Scolmore Group

|Date: 27 June, 2024

Selecting a suitable wiring system for an electrical installation: what environmental conditions need to be considered? | Scolmore Group

Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement at Scolmore Group, gives a brief overview of the general range o ...

Jake Green, Head of Technical Engagement at Scolmore Group, gives a brief overview of the general range of conditions detailed in Section 522 of BS 7671, which an installer will have to consider as th ...

27 June, 2024
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How to determine voltage drop limits within electrical installations | NAPIT

|Date: 26 June, 2024

How to determine voltage drop limits within electrical installations | NAPIT

Frank Bertie, Chief Technical Officer at NAPIT, explains how to establish voltage drop limits within elec ...

Frank Bertie, Chief Technical Officer at NAPIT, explains how to establish voltage drop limits within electrical installations. BS 7671 and requirements for voltage drop The topic of voltage drop is co ...

26 June, 2024
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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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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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Made 2 Measure: How can I cut down the testing time for PI measurements? | Megger

|Date: 29 May, 2024

Made 2 Measure: How can I cut down the testing time for PI measurements? | Megger

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’VE JUST LANDED A GREAT CONTRACT TO ...

29 May, 2024
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