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A group of apprentice ferrets begin their training in cable laying this week…

…another fire at a solar panel installation rips through a block of flats…

…and a cat causes a major power outage after getting entangled in power cables…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 3rd July 2023

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:31 Ferrets trained to thread cables and wires
01:52 Another major fire involving solar panels
02:22 Another fire blamed on meter tampering
02:58 New AM2 certificate checker launched
03:39 Electricians are now the most in-demand trade
04:11 New free training module - Intro to three phase
04:37 New fire-rated downlight with replaceable LED module
05:15 Win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York
06:14 Major power outage blamed on trespassing cat
07:00 Thanks to our premium partners
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Show notes 🗒

Electricians are the most in-demand trade 👉 https://www.propertywire.com/adviser-news/electricians-the-most-sought-after-construction-professional/

New Bell Lighting fire-rated downlight 👉 https://www.recolight.co.uk/bell-unveils-fire-rated-downlight-to-circular-economy-principles/

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An electrician claims he was sacked for filming inside Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on his mobile phone…

…we visit the London street that’s just become a power station…

…and car wash firms are exposed for their often deadly electrics…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 26th June 2023

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:30 Electrician working at Anfield Stadium is sacked for filming videos
01:30 Crackdown on car washes reveals serious electrical faults
02:17 New opportunities announced by UK Power Networks
03:00 Community in Walthamstow becomes Octopus Energy's first solar street 
03:36 Aurora introduces new on-site warranty
04:22 Norwich City football club is looking for an on-site electrician
04:53 NICEIC roadshow takes to the streets
05:19 Register for the EI Live show
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Show notes 🗒

New Aurora product warranty 👉 https://auroralighting.com/gb/trade/products?search=Onsite_Warranty

Apply to be Norwich City's in-house electrician 👉 https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/vacancy-stadium-electrician

NICEIC roadshow dates 👉 https://niceic.com/for-the-trades/develop-your-skills/events/events-tour/

register for EI Live 👉 http://hub.efixx.co.uk/eiliveshow

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A short circuit is being blamed for a boat blaze in which three British tourists died…

…meanwhile, an electrician appears to hold the clue to the mysterious cause of another deadly fire, some forty years ago…

…and concern mounts over the growing dangers of a fault called a neutral current diversion…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 19th June 2023

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:40 Three Britons confirmed dead in boat fire caused by a short circuit
01:29 Spate of electrical fires across the UK
01:55 Electrician holds the clue to a deadly fire which happened 40 years ago
02:53 Concern mounting over neutral current diversions (NCDs)
04:15 Another electrician dies after asbestos exposure
05:03 Scottish government to fully fund electrical apprenticeships
05:28 Artificial street built in York for educational purposes
05:55 Huge prize haul up for grabs from Martindale
06:18 Teledyne FLIR announces Dm285 multimeter revamp
06:50 Dewalt and Mclaren F1 launch a limited-edition collection
07:15 Electrician in India is chained up until he promised to do the work
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Show notes 🗒

Enter the Martindale prize draw 👉 https://www.electricaltimes.co.uk/3-ipads-and-95-socket-testers-up-for-grabs-in-martindales-birthday-competition/

Mitigate the risk of asbestos 👉 https://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/risk.htm

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Meter tampering is a ‘ticket time bomb’, say experts, as it’s revealed that four out of 10 electricians are regularly asked to slow down the devices…

..a council and a building firm appear in court this week after an electrician is killed by a falling tree…

And..the daddy of all transformers brings chaos to the roads of Kent…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 12th June 2023

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:35 4/10 electricians have been asked to tamper with electricity meters
01:35 Council and construction company charged over death of electrician
02:26 UKs first heat pump apprenticeship 
03:27 ECA backs Manchester Baccalaureate
03:59 hager enters UK the switchboard market
04:24 Fancy your chance to shape the spit tools of the future?
05:00 The lights made from coal ash
05:40 Visit the Installer show at the end of June
06:00 Huge transformer brings chaos to Kent roads
06:42 Do you want to be featured in the news?
07:02 Thanks to our premium partners 
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Show notes 🗒

The new heat pump apprenticeship 👉 https://www.current-news.co.uk/the-uks-first-heat-pump-installer-apprenticeship-is-aiming-to-reduce-green-skills-gaps/

Fancy winning a Spit 27E nail gun? 👉 http://hub.efixx.co.uk/Spit-Tool-Champions

The lights made from waste ash 👉 https://www.recolight.co.uk/the-lights-made-from-waste-ash/

Sign up for the installer show 👉 https://www.installershow.com/

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Insurers tell the trade to put EV chargers at least 7.5 metres from buildings because of the risk of fire…

…judges slap a big fine on a car cleaning firm whose dodgy electrics put its workers in danger of electrocution…

…and the electrician who earned £16,000 in a fortnight – by simply changing light bulbs

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 5th June 2023

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:35 Insurers tell trade to put commercial EV chargers 7.5 metres from doors and windows
01:37 Free EV charging training package
02:00 Electrician earns £16,000 in a fortnight from changing lightbulbs
03:03 Car valeting company ordered to pay out after electrocution risk
04:00 Belgium are the latest country after UK sparks
04:28 Are you after trade credit? 
04:49 Robus unveils new app with free-of-charge lighting design
05:22 Martindale introduces new socket and loop testers
05:58 Register for the EI Live show in September
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Zurich's EV guidance booklet 👉 https://www.zurich.co.uk/-/media/news-and-insight/documents/useful-documents/zrs-ev-charging.pdf

Free EV training module 👉 https://training.efixx.co.uk/course/smart-charge-point-regulations-cpd-zaptec

Fancy being a spark in Belgium? 👉 https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/belgium-is-looking-for-foreign-workers-to-fill-in-these-jobs-list/

My Robus app 👉 https://robus.com/my-robus

Register for EI Live 👉 https://eilive23.smartreg.co.uk/Visitors/Visitors/register?promoid=website

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The electrician who’s earning a whopping £150,000 a year – but says it’s stressing him out

… a court fines the electrical bunglers who left a TV presenter’s home crackling with sparks…

…and the knife-wielding tool thieves who will stop at nothing to get into your van…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 30th May

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:34 Workload of £150,000 a year spark puts a strain on his mental health
01:50 TV Presenters home left crackling with sparks
03:30 Tool thieves are at large again
03:55 Electrician confronted by van thieves with knives
05:00 This week we launch our new CPD platform
05:50 Marshall Tufflex giving away Grand Prix tickets at CEF Live
06:43 Keep an eye out for the Lewden Roadshow
07:05 Thanks to our premium partners
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Show notes 🗒

Mates in Mind website 👉 https://www.matesinmind.org/

Our new CPD website 👉 https://training.efixx.co.uk/course/an-introduction-to-lighting-design-in-association-with-robus-lighting?previouspage=home&isenrolled=no#/home

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A building firm is fined over half a million pounds after an electrical contractor falls from a ladder and is impaled on metal piping…

…a safety warning goes out after LIVE twin and earth cables are found dumped in a wheelie bin…

And we meet the former prisoner turned card-carrying electrician…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 23rd May

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:34 Company fined after electrician impaled on metal piping
02:05 Live cables found dumped in a wheelie bin
02:35 Growth of females working as electricians is among the slowest of all skilled occupations
03:23 Are you considering taking on an apprentice?
03:32 New Marshall Tufflex Products - Supertube & Van-friendly conduit
04:24 Are you loyal to your multifunctional tester?
04:56 Gordon is suffering from serious charger rage! How can Monta help?
05:28 Ex-con trains to be an electrician
06:30 Thanks to our premium partners


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Stopcocks Conference 👉 https://stopcocks.uk/conference/

Are you considering taking on an apprentice? 👉 https://youtu.be/LgTKGswV_PU

Marshall Tufflex Supertube review 👉 https://youtu.be/sUZr06404lQ

Van-friendly conduit & trunking 👉 https://electricalcontractingnews.com/news/new-van-friendly-lengths-from-marshall-tufflex/

TIS Multifunction tester 👉 https://youtu.be/__6gT2CZ10M

Can Monta put an end to EV Charger rage? 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa85IBmhScs

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Electrical safety campaigners slam Facebook over its failure to act on dodgy devices…

…electricians get to grips with the extra amendments to the 18th edition…

…and a network circuit fault leads to fires at homes in Essex…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 15th May

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:32 Facebook slammed over failure to act on dodgy devices
01:35 Network safety fault causes fires in Essex
01:58 Electric car fire destroys 8 businesses
02:56 Electricians get to grips with wiring regulation clarifications
03:35 Marshall Tufflex releases 'van-friendly' trunking
04:02 Nest thermostats now work with Matter
04:38 Are you in the marketplace for an apprentice?
04:54 New underfloor heating cable unveiled
05:35 London Startup begins printing its lights to order
05:51 Installer Show is just around the corner
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BS7671 corrigendum 👉 https://electrical.theiet.org/media/3027/bs-7671-2018-a2-2022-corrigendum-may-2023.pdf

How to Use Nest with Siri and Apple HomeKit 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQsxn9UPMOE

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In breaking news, the IET announced they're tidying up the wiring regulations...

...A probe is launched into the mysterious death of an electrician on a North Sea oil rig…

…a Government watchdog names and shames a local authority over its failure to check electrical safety on thousands of homes…

…and new figures reveal that electricians’ earnings are rapidly catching up on plumbers…

Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 9th May.

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:32 the IET announces that they will release corrections to BS7671
01:52 Investigation launched into death of electrician on an oil rig
02:23 Local authority fails to check electrical safety on thousands of homes
02:53 Electricians' earnings are rapidly catching up on plumbers
03:32 Tradesmen urged to check for testicular cancer
04:13 Electricians also urged to check their clothing for shielding
04:54 Lewden take part in Soapbox race
05:22 Luceco comes up with an alternative for boring recessed lights
05:40 Megger unveils fuse locator for identifying which device protects which circuit
06:10 Martindale unveils its latest testers
07:04 New entry in the list of annoying customer habits
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Testicular Cancer symptoms 👉 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/testicular-cancer/symptoms/

Joe's Luceco Octa review 👉 https://youtu.be/412Ir3cwUCU

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Is it ever ok to have a pint before working on electrical installations? 

A court rules that a firm was WRONG to fire an electrician for drinking at lunchtime…

…concern mounts over neutral faults as more and more electric cars plug in…

And: ‘bring me a left-handed screwdriver and some fallopian tubes’. Pranked apprentices laugh off their on-site wind ups…

Electrical News Weekly 2nd May 2023

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00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly
00:39 Electrician fired in Spain for drinking at lunchtime
02:19 Concern mounts over neutral faults
03:42 Marshall Tufflex adds adjustable bends to its Sterling range
04:17 New Zaptec EV charger hits the market
04:50 New Vestel EVC10 charger
05:10 Pulsar Max from wallbox
05:57 Get ready for the Installer Show
06:15 Did you get pranked as an apprentice?
07:00 Thanks to our premium partners
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Marshall Tufflex Sterling range 👉 http://hub.efixx.co.uk/mtsterling

Installer Show 👉 https://www.installershow.com/

Should you install an earth rod? 👉 https://youtu.be/_owGBQia29U

Zaptec Go Review 👉 https://youtu.be/A4gEbnxbUEU

Wallbox Pulsar Max review 👉 https://youtu.be/hLakrEff3bs

Rick's review of the Ortur Laser Master 3 👉 https://youtu.be/7Hh-AgXzNR8

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