The government’s announcement it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the Private Rented Sector has been welcomed by the Electrical Safety Roundtable (ESR), which has been campaigning for the change for several years.
Electricians can keep up to speed with the 18th Edition Wiring Regs, with a new online course provided by the IET. The course is suitable for those needing working knowledge of BS 7671, including electrical installers, designers, specifiers and those working in
A fully updated free guide to the practical issues associated with the EN50191 standard for the installation and operation of electrical test equipment is available from electrical safety testing specialist Clare.
A new Commission Regulation, published on 14 December 2012, includes new Ecodesign specifications for LED and directional lamps. These requirements apply to directional lamps, LED lamps and lamp control gear, and other products integrated with these devices. LED modules marketed as part
A new Commission Regulation has been published on 14 December 2012 in the Official Journal of the European Union1 that included new Ecodesign requirements for LED and directional lamps. The new requirements apply to directional lamps (80 percent of light is within
Hager has brought out a technical guide to surge protection.
The UK’s only manufacturer of cappuccino and espresso coffee machines is using the advanced multi-function ClareHAL 104 from Seaward to improve product testing at its West Midlands engineering and manufacturing site.? ??At Fracino’s Birmingham facility, newly produced coffee machines are designed and
To provide electrical contractors with all the test equipment they need for installing, commissioning and fault finding solar power installations, Megger is offering two new high specification solar power test kits.
Modern approaches to switchgear maintenance requires non-intrusive testing to identify any developing problems that could, if left undetected, lead to expensive disruptive failures. Hawker Siddeley Switchgear, as part of its non-intrusive condition assessment and monitoring service, offers customers partial discharge mapping, thermal
Now available from Martindale Electric is the portable and sleek PD700 Proving Device, designed for the testing of contact voltage detectors up to 700V.??The most important safety consideration must be to ensure that all circuits and equipment which are being worked on
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