Hager’s Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses the importance of providing installations with surge protective devices (SPDs) and looks at requirements and considerations of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022. In our everyday life, we’re surrounded by electrical equipment which may contain sensitive electronic components. Such products are vulnerable to transient overvoltages and can have their lifespan significantly reduced ...

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Depending on the particular characteristics of the ‘electronic’ loads and controls connected to an electrical installation, an RCD could be exposed to a range of residual current waveforms and frequencies. Unless RCDs are selected that are compatible with the loads and other devices connected, the protection intended may be compromised, as the experts at NICEIC ...

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