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Understanding overvoltage protection: requirements of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 | Hager

|Date: 16 February, 2024

Understanding overvoltage protection: requirements of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022 | Hager

Hager’s Technical Training Manager, Paul Chaffers, discusses the importance of providing installations wi ...

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 ...

16 February, 2024
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A surge in complexity: the importance of surge protection in complex installations | NAPIT

|Date: 5 September, 2023

A surge in complexity: the importance of surge protection in complex installations | NAPIT

NAPIT’s Principal Technical Author, Richard Townsend, looks at the importance of surge protection in comp ...

NAPIT’s Principal Technical Author, Richard Townsend, looks at the importance of surge protection in complex installations. What is a complex installation? When we talk about complex installations, we ...

5 September, 2023
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Mersen’s TERRA surge protection range

|Date: 2 June, 2023

Mersen’s TERRA surge protection range

We discover more about the latest developments in surge protection technology and find out why Mersen’s l ...

We discover more about the latest developments in surge protection technology and find out why Mersen’s latest offering could benefit your next installation. Any manufacturing and processing facility ...

2 June, 2023
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Surge Protection: your common queries answered | Surge Protection Devices

|Date: 22 February, 2023

Surge Protection: your common queries answered | Surge Protection Devices

Kirsty Johnson MIET, Technical Director at Surge Protection Devices, answers some of the common queries a ...

Kirsty Johnson MIET, Technical Director at Surge Protection Devices, answers some of the common queries around the use of SPDs following Amendment 2 to the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations. Since the r ...

22 February, 2023
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FuseBox adds NEW Type 1 SPD to surge protection range

|Date: 3 February, 2023

FuseBox adds NEW Type 1 SPD to surge protection range

With safety and continuity of service paramount in both domestic and commercial settings, FuseBox’s NEW T ...

With safety and continuity of service paramount in both domestic and commercial settings, FuseBox’s NEW Type 1 surge protection device provides front line protection against direct lightning to comple ...

3 February, 2023
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How is Amendment 2 to BS 7671:2018 affecting surge protection? | Phoenix Contact

|Date: 11 January, 2023

How is Amendment 2 to BS 7671:2018 affecting surge protection? | Phoenix Contact

The experts at Phoenix Contact look at how the latest amendment to the Wiring Regulations is affecting th ...

The experts at Phoenix Contact look at how the latest amendment to the Wiring Regulations is affecting the use and installation of surge protection. In April of this year, Amendment 2 to the 18th Edit ...

11 January, 2023
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BS 7671:2018+A2:2022: What are the changes in surge protection requirements? | NAPIT

|Date: 14 September, 2022

BS 7671:2018+A2:2022: What are the changes in surge protection requirements? | NAPIT

Richard Townsend, Technical Development Engineer at NAPIT, considers the changes in surge protection requ ...

Richard Townsend, Technical Development Engineer at NAPIT, considers the changes in surge protection requirements with the introduction of BS 7671:2018+A2:2022. Previously in BS 7671:2018+A1:2020 When ...

14 September, 2022
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New generation Citel SPDs available from Switchtec

|Date: 19 April, 2020

New generation Citel SPDs available from Switchtec

Available from specialist distributor Switchtec is the new DAC/DDC range of AC and DC surge protection de ...

Available from specialist distributor Switchtec is the new DAC/DDC range of AC and DC surge protection devices from Citel. Available in Type 1, Type 2 & Type 3, for use with AC, DC and PV applicat ...

19 April, 2020
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SPD technology: where should it be used? | ECA

|Date: 2 April, 2020

SPD technology: where should it be used? | ECA

ECA’s Technical Manager, Gary Parker comments on Regulations around surge protection in the 18th Edition. ...

ECA’s Technical Manager, Gary Parker comments on Regulations around surge protection in the 18th Edition. A history of SPDs Since their invention in the 1970s (initially patented as the delight ...

2 April, 2020
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Surging ahead with Hager’s SPDs

|Date: 12 August, 2019

Surging ahead with Hager’s SPDs

The team at Hager share their range of Surge Protection Devices that comply with the 18th Edition Wiring ...

The team at Hager share their range of Surge Protection Devices that comply with the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations. The topic of surge protection and how it needs to be assessed and implemented in b ...

12 August, 2019
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