Engineering services confident despite rising material and labour costs
Wednesday, 05 September 2018
ECA, BESA, SELECT and SNIPEF research shows steady growth in Q2 2018 Over three in four engineering services organisations (77 per cent) say turnover increased or remained steady in Q2 2018, despite rising material and labour costs. These are the findings of the latest BESA/ECA/SELECT/SNIPEF quarterly sector-wide Building Engineering Business Survey, sponsored by Scolmore. Compared
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6 Tips for Lowering the Cost of Industrial IoT Networks
Friday, 31 August 2018
Network administrators must take the long view when trying to keep IIoT network costs down. Companies moving to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have spawned a parallel growth in the number of connected devices on networks, as well as increasing the scope and complexity of industrial control networks that frequently converge with traditional IT
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Disposable cylinders may contain dangerous mix
Wednesday, 29 August 2018
Tests on the contents of illegal disposable cylinders, which have been flooding the European market, have revealed that some may contain dangerous mixtures. General Gas, a leading Italian refrigerant distributor, has revealed that tests on at least one of those illegal cylinders, supposedly containing R134a, contained a mixture of several components including the now
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Faulty wiring? Upgrade standards for green electricity future, REA urges government
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
New report from Renewable Energy Association warns rollout of domestic green technologies is being held back by ‘pre-WWII’ electrical standards Electrical standards for new homes must be urgently upgraded to prepare for a low-carbon future where homes generate and store their own power, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) has warned. In a new position paper
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EU industry group flags illegal refrigerant trade
Thursday, 23 August 2018
EU HVAC&R industry group AREA has warned of growing illegal imports and black market trade in refrigerants in some European countries. The European Association of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Heat Pump Contractors (AREA) has warned of illegal imports and black market trade in refrigerants in some EU member states. The industry group was responding to a public
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Landlord fined £20,000 over faulty smoke alarms after fire
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
A LANDLORD has been fined £20,000 for not testing fire alarms in a block of flats where a major blaze broke out. Two people were left trapped upstairs during the fire, weeks after the landlord was told the alarm did not work. The three-storey Victorian house in Worthing, which was split into flats, caught fire
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Additions and alterations to an installation
Friday, 17 August 2018
This article will look at requirements associated with the making of additions and alterations to existing electrical installations. Many existing electrical installations require one or more additions or alterations during their lifetime. An addition or alteration may be minor such as the addition of a point to a final circuit, or major such as the
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Requirements for protection against overload
Thursday, 16 August 2018
This article will take a closer look at the conditions protective devices must meet to protect a conductor against overload. The primary purpose of a protective device is to protect the circuit from damage, and for such purposes Regulation 433.1.1 requires the operating characteristics of a device protecting a conductor against overload to satisfy the
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Rogue trader jailed after investigation
Tuesday, 14 August 2018
An investigation by North Lanarkshire Council’s Trading Standards service led to an electrician being convicted of making false claims he was an approved contractor. The Bellshill man wrongly claimed he was an NICEIC Approved Contractor, a SELECT Approved Contractor and a Building Standards Approved Certifier. He also pled guilty at Hamilton Sheriff Court to running
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SELECT Provides Industry Guidance on 18th Edition Wiring Regulations
Friday, 10 August 2018
SELECT, the campaigning body for the electro-technical trade in Scotland, has been updating its members on key points from the newly launched 18th Edition of the IET Wiring Regulations. SELECT’s Technical Standards Adviser, Bob Cairney, prepared the guide which is available in an online format to assist members to understand the changes contained in these
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