Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) are set to be become increasingly important for lighting brands as more specifiers and clients demand environmental data for luminaires and other equipment. In this ...

To support the release of the latest Electrotechnical Assessment Specification (October 2024), The Electrotechnical Skills Partnership (TESP) has worked with the EAS Management Committee to update the ...

Regulation 411.3.1.2 lists items that require protective bonding, but it should be appreciated that this list is neither exhaustive nor can it be assumed that all the items identified will always fall ...

Heat Pumps (HP) producing leakage currents above 1kHz, will not be compatible with Type B RCDs that are only manufactured to meet the lowest requirement of BSEN62423 i.e. operation up to 1kHz. Type B ...

To comply with Regulation 522.8.14, no wiring system should penetrate an element of construction that is intended to be load bearing unless the load bearing ability of the element remains satisfactory ...

Regulation 521.10.1 of BS 7671 requires that non-sheathed cables (ie. ‘singles’) for fixed wiring can only be installed in cable trunking if the trunking provides ...

Technology continues to evolve in the field of low-voltage power distribution and protection. 30 years ago the installer was typically faced with the decision on what size fuse wire to use. Now they ...

The diagram in this article provides guidance for checking the continuity of ring final circuit conductors for compliance with Regulation 612.2.2. This should be viewed as step two to the post: ...

Ovia, part of the Scolmore Group of companies, introduces the Berula, a new Linear Batten Multicurrent LED luminaire that is designed to deliver superior performance, flexibility, and ease of ...

Earthing and bonding are two very different, but often confused, methods of preventing electric shock. The principal of earthing is to limit the duration of touch voltages if you were to make contact ...

Luceco's latest innovation in downlighting technology has been shaped by the hands that matter most - those of professional electrical contractors. The new FType Elite downlight represents a ...

The Electrical Distributors’ Association (EDA) has announced changes to the EDA Data Services Board, the group responsible for the strategic direction of the EDATA data pool and elected by the 27 ...