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Budget retailer B&M is fined £1 million after an electrician sustains horrific injuries in an electrical explosion at a warehouse in Liverpool…
 
The Electrical Contractors Association asks the government to explain why electricity is four times more expensive than gas.
 
and a £40 million pound a year electrical contracting firm collapses in Wales with the loss of all jobs…

Electrical Industry News 1st August 2022

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00:00 Coming Up
00:45 B&M ordered to pay £1M after electrician set ablaze
03:05 Safe isolation CPDs 
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03:10 ECA asks why electricity is 4X as expensive as gas
03:50 Rush to install EV chargers could lead to disaster
05:05 EV Charger installation training videos
05:14 NWP collapse into administration
05:40 Strut Slayr launched in the UK
06:34 Voltimum Plus
06:56 21-year-old one of the highest paid electricians in the world
07:35 Coming up on our YouTube Channel this week.
07:55 Special Strut Slayr race sneak peek
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Electrical News Weekly Monday 25th July

Nine out of 10 electricians say they’re putting up their prices due to soaring fuel costs…
 A coroner rules on whether the death of an electrician was linked to his work with asbestos…
and Europe’s largest electric vehicle superhub opens in Oxford…

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00:00 Coming up
01:00 Fuel price increase forces electricians to raise prices
02:00 Fuel-saving tips
02:50 Rishy Sunak visits Thorn Lighting
03:20 Are you planning to take on an electrical apprentice
03:58 JTL employer recognition awards
04:44 ECS scheme celebrates 40,000th gold card holder
05:42 Asbestos linked to electricians death
07:02 New consumer unit from Schneider Electric
08:27 New conduit from Termtech
08:48 New catalogue from Marshall Tufflex
09:28 Outdoor solutions from Knightsbridge
10:21 Social shoutout  - Caitlin Rose Instagram
10:41 EV Superhub opens in Oxford
11:37 UK Power networks smart connect hub
12:27 Electrician is now king of Peel Island
13:39 Coming up on eFIXX youtube
14:15 Mystery word winners
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Latest news for electricians from across the electrical industry and beyond. This week,
We reveal the 10 most dangerous electrical blunders that contractors see in people's homes.
Just how much work our electrical community has in the pipeline in our weekly eFIXX survey.
And the heroic sparkies who saved a woman from a life-threatening situation.

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00:00 Electrical News Weekly - Monday, July 11th 2022
01:08 Doggie DIY survey 
02:55 Schneider amendment 2 guide
04:15 Pocket guide app from the NICEIC http://www.niceic.com/pocketguides
04:46 Draper 1000 page catalogue https://www.drapertools.com/blog/new-centenary-catalogue
05:15 Van thefts 
05:43 eFIXX survey 'How is your business outlook looking'
06:19 Green Home Festival 8th of August (1 week)
06:40 Screwfix live 2022 back in Farnborough 23 - 25th of September
07:00 Final of the Screwfix trades person of the year
07:25 Circular Lighting Live Thursday 22nd of September in central London 
07:40 Social shout - Tyler Harris - MJ Electrical 
08:05 Fuuse team up with EV-Comply - https://www.ev-comply.com/
08:25 Jumptech team up with Sevadis https://www.jumptech.co.uk/
08:55 Electricians' saves the day
09:43 Coming up this week on eFIXX
10:08 Mystery word winners
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Electrical Direct https://www.electricaldirect.co.uk/
Green Home Festival - https://greenhomefestival.co.uk/
Screwfix Live - https://www.screwfix.com/landingpage/screwfixlive/
Circular Lighting Live - https://circularlighting.live/
Schneider Amendment 2 Guide - http://hub.efixx.co.uk/schneider-electric
Amendment 2 Update Video - https://youtu.be/2z3yxtdlWlo
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Social Shout out - Tyler Harris off of MJ Electrical
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Latest news for electricians from across the electrical industry and beyond. This week,
We reveal the average weekly pay for subcontracting electricians...
We hear more grumbles from homeowners about their smart meters...
And we meet Ihor the electrician, who dodges Russian bombs to reconnect power to villages in Ukraine...

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00:00 Electrical News Weekly - Monday, July 11th 2022
01:00 Customers grumble about smart meters
01:40 Shocking electricity bill
02:38 Self-employed electricians pay
03:19 Social shout - Ashley Rothery - AJR Electrics
03:53 Boost your earnings with Symple
04:38 Fergus arrives in the UK 
05:40 eFIXX Solar installation survey
06:10 Boffins create Solar PV windows
06:58 Octopus expands electric vehicle service - home
07:39 500,000 EV's now on the UK roads
08:12 EV-Comply team up with Fuuse
08:44 High-temperature battery breakthrough
09:11 Hero electrician of Ukraine
10:06 Coming up this week on eFIXX
10:40 Mystery word winners
11:20 Annoying customer habits
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/agrelectrics/

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The staggering cost of tool theft in the UK is revealed for the first time...
 
The bosses of one of the nation's biggest electrical contracting firms liked the company so much, that they've just gone and bought it
 
And the 10 annoying habits of customers that make electricians pull their hair out...

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Electrical News Weekly - in association with Schneider Electric
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00:00 Electrical News Weekly Monday 4th July 2022
00:53 Tool thefts top £100 million
01:33 EV drivers miss out on best charging rates
02:00 Juicy charger wins design award
02:25 Octopus EV Salary sacrifice scheme
03:02 Tarmac goes electric
03:30 Clarkson Evans management buy out
03:54 Social Shout Out - Sparky Jack
04:23 Knightsbridge power monitoring sockets
05:42 Schneider controls power up Panasonic heat pumps
06:57 Napit low carbon training centre
07:41 Western Power Distribution rolls out low carbon strategy
08:15 Schools out time to upgrade to LED
08:58 Canabis-growing electrician
09:46 Which customer habits annoy contractors
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In this episode of Electrical News Weekly

A staggering 7,000 electrical safety faults are discovered on rental properties in England...

A national newspaper alleges wasteful practices on the railways, in which two or more vans turn up to simply change a socket...

and jailed: the drug dealers who disguised themselves as electricians to ply their evil trade...


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00:00 Electrical News Weekly 27th June 2022
00:43 Social housing electrical safety faults
01:27 Out-of-date electrical practices within the rail industry
02:06 Drug dealers pretending to be electricians
02:37 Band of builders help former bricklayer
03:01 Social shout out MMM Electrical
03:28 Humber renewables success for Jordan Brompton
03:55 Leeds City Council energy award
04:26 High energy prices slash paybacks on Solar PV
04:55 UK Power Networks cables upgrade
05:46 Massive EV charging hub fire
06:14 Fuel genie App
06:41 Marshall Tufflex expands partnership with Basor
07:19 New industrial luminaires from Ledvance
07:54 New accessories from Unicrimp
08:27 Sustainable cable strippers from Weicon
08:53 New Trendi switch colours from Electrical Direct
09:24 Electricians beat gym workouts
10:00 Coming up on eFIXX this week.
10:29 eFIXX at Installer Show
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Basor from Marshall Tufflex
Weicon sustainable cable strippers from Industry Super Store
New industrial luminaires from Ledvance
Installer Show innovations review
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The government gets tough on electrical safety in council housing...
A copper thief suffers an 11kV shock and third-degree burns...
And a nationwide Toolstation poll answers a question that's dogged the trade for decades: Just what is the electrical trade's favourite biscuit? 

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Show note links

• UK Government electrical safety consultation
• NAPIT Welsh electrical regulation guidance

Monetise your EV charger with

• Monta 
• Co-Charger 

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00:00 Electrical News Weekly June 20th 2022
00:38 UK Government levels up on electrical testing
01:21 Get ready for new electrical regulations in Wales
01:48 End of the road for electric vehicle grants
02:18 Monetise your EV charger
02:54 Siemens invests in WiTricity wireless EV chargers
03:40 Solar-powered EV
04:14 Myenergi power up Grimsby Town FC
04:53 Revealed the most expensive place for contractors to park
05:34 Scaffolder pays the price of cable theft
06:03 ECA members boost apprenticeships
06:29 Community ground source heat pumps from Kensa
07:02 Viva training adopts BPEC training
07:25 Electricians don't switch customers on to sustainable tech
07:58 Can consumers avoid surge protection?
09:00 UK electricians' most popular biscuit
09:54 Join us at the Installer Show.
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A Swindon man is electrocuted after drilling into a mains electricity cable under his garden...
We reveal the three greatest hazards to electrical contractors installing solar panels...
The fake branded tools aimed at getting unsuspecting electricians to part with their cash...
And the easy-to-install Wallbox Pulsar Max EV charging point finally arrives in the UK...

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• BS7671 Amendment 2 update
• The Future of Home Energy
• Makita cooler review
• Aico City and Guilds Fire Alarm training course
• ECA Apprentice of the year competition

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00:00 Electrical News Weekly 13th June 2022
00:48 Swindon electrocution
01:26 Solar panel installation dangers
02:36 BS7671 Arc fault detection
03:17 The Installer Show 2022
05:05 Pulsar Max from Wallbox
05:40 Vehicle to Grid (V2G) tech from Octopus Energy
06:46 Uk Power Networks Young Mums support
07:18 New Schneider Electric industrial UPS
07:44 FLIR IR Camera
08:34 Fake CK tools
09:32 Pace plus panel light from Ansell
10:29 Alistair Grant, new Select President
11:00 Aico City & Guilds training
11:38 ECA Apprentice of the Year
12:02 Screwfix customer service ward
12:14 Schneider Electric partners with Tradify
13:06 Virtual ECS Card
13:44 Coming up eFIXX this week
14:26 Challenge words winner
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Many inspections of electrical installations are totally substandard and even fake, says a shock report from the IET...

 We reveal the technology that will create a boom in work for electricians...

 And the results are in from the eFIXX survey. Should you wrap your van or does it just attract tool thieves?

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• Exposed: The national wiring scandal putting lives at risk
• What is an EICR?
• Heat pump training from Stiebel Eltron
• Ansell Prism Pro downlights
• Register of Tradeswomen
• Van signage and wraps - Top Tips

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00:00 Electrical News Weekly June 6th 2022
00:40 Unsafe drive-by EICRs - link video -iet
01:56 Boost in numbers of apprentice electricians JIB
02:37 Bradford College house for apprentices
03:15 Initiative to attract women to technical trades
03:58 ECA contractors need to be read for heat pumps
04:29 Heat pump training from Stibel Eltron
04:50 Electricians choose not to have van's sign written
05:40 Telecoms cable theft
06:19 Lights out at Monaco Grand Prix
06:48 Dangerous electrical products from online platforms
07:15 Electric blankets from Octopus Energy
07:52 Earn with Electrical Direct's referral scheme
08:10 DALI 1 scrapped for DALI2
08:55 Envirovent boost for Harrogate Town FC
09:26 Coming up on eFIXX Youtube 
09:53 Power Ranger for the win
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In this week's Electrical News Weekly. Irish electrical contractor received a £17,000 fine following the death of a security guard. Google uses AI technology to help UK Power networks digitise hand-drawn cable maps. Plus new products from Craig & Derricot, Aico, Ansell and Wiha.

Links

• New BS7671 Amd 2 Circuit Protection CPD
• Safe Dig Procedure
• eFIXX EV Charger Playlist
• Wiha Pocket Max Review
• Join us at the Installer Show

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00:00 Electrical News Weekly - Monday 30th May 2022
00:40 Irish electrician fined £17,000 following a tragic death
01:33 Electricians increase prices
02:03 UK hopes Worldskills finals
02:38 SNP campaign for regulation of electricians
03:08 New amendment 2 circuit protection CPD 
03:40 Google and UK Power Networks digitise cable maps
04:16 eFIXX Safe Dig procedure 
04:40 Easy to install EV charger from Craig and Derricot
05:27 Van owners have range anxiety
06:04 Blue diamond EV partnership with Mer
06:39 eDumper runs without charging
07:17 Super dense energy battery for planes
07:53 eFIXX Awards judge Tim Benstead joins Scolmore
08:23 Screwfix opens 800th store
08:47 Express Electrical stocks the Wiha Pocketmax - 
09:06 Aico has launched the new AudoLINK Plus detector
09:40 Low glare luminaires from Ansell Lighting
10:26 Funny company names boost businesses
11:16 Electrician takes on Just Eat
11:50 Date for the diary - The Installer Show
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