Technical

Julian Grant of Chauvin Arnoux provides more detail about harmonics and the problems they create, as well as their relationship with the Wiring Regs. Harmonics are currents in the supply system at whole-number multiples of the supply…

Gary Parker, ECA Technical Manager, reminds contractors of the basics they need to know when it comes to passive fire protection. Passive fire stopping is an essential requirement in the Wiring Regulations (BS 7671:2018). It can also be…

There’s lots of information out there that goes into great depth on what you should be testing and how you should go about it. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to understand. Here Jacqueline Balian of GAMBICA offers advice on making…

LIVE AND DIRECT FROM NICEIC THE WIRE 2022 All-new series of THE WIRE, NICEIC’s technical webinar programme, plugged in and ready to go New season builds on the success of the previous series, which saw 69,000 CPD certificates issued to…

When carrying out new installation works and alterations to an existing commercial premises, it is often found that the circuit identification details on the Switchboard and Distribution Board circuit charts do not provide sufficient…

In this article the experts at NICEIC & ELECSA look at the particular problem of safely isolating central heating systems, which may have more than one source of electrical supply to the various component parts within the system.…

Date: 4 January, 2022 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. Domestic lighting is very subjective as individual taste, style…

The team at BASEC advises on how to ensure the electric vehicle (EV) charging cable products chosen for your projects are fit for purpose, to withstand continued use over several years. The UK is predicted to have approximately 36 million…

NAPIT’s Technical Development Engineer, Richard Townsend, discusses the differences and BS 7671 requirements for emergency and mechanical maintenance switches. A switch is a switch…. isn’t it? Often misunderstood is the topic of switching,…

Date: 22 December, 2021 The experts at National Electrotechnical Training (NET) answer a common training-related query. The Inspection and Testing section of the AM2 is certainly one where candidates have difficulty achieving the…

‘Dr. Zzeus’ Tom Brookes, MD of Zzeus training and Chairman of the FSA, answers your questions related to fire safety compliance. It’s hard to give a short answer to this. Current UK fire alarm regulations state that all business premises…