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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01:27 Out-of-date electrical practices within the rail industry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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Fuel Genie - App
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?

Show note links

• 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.

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• 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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In this week's Electrical News Weekly. Shell and ABB announce the world's fastest EV charger. Robot electricians arrive in Japan and the UK gets wired to solar energy from Morocco.

ABB Terra 360 EV charger

Nio Battery Swap station

Circular Lighting Live

Octopus Energy Morocco solar project

NAPIT EV Charging guide

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Coming up in Electrical News Weekly. 

• Up to £30,000 OZEV funding for EV chargers in residential car parks.
• Power your home with Vehicle to Home, V2H, with a new charger from Indra.
• Signify UVC Technology
• Dangerous energy saving kit
• Fake Cables
• Schneider 18th Edition Amendment 2 eBook
  
  
  

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In today's electrical news, we meet the Ruddling family from Colchester and learn the secret solution to their condensation nightmares. We discover the difference between square and round holes in consumer units and we reveal the UK's worst hotspot for van theft.

Show note links
Replenishh announces a new partnership with Ohme

Ansell Prism Pro - selectable colour temperature downlights

eFIXX Ventilation CPD

Lewden round vs square consumer units

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