This week we talk about the challenges with working away from home. Some of the issues Dave W has with preparing training courses and a challenge Dave B has with Earthing design.

This week we have a catch up and talk through thee battery storage course, safe isolation, control panel assessments and EICRs

• Travelling to Northern Ireland to provide training with ETT
• Surge protection
• Thermography - camera selection
• Design dilemmas
• Working away
• CPD
• Temperature limitations of conduit installations
• Open PEN is it protection or detection
• EV chargers
• Talking in schools
• RCD protection in industrial
• Facebook groups

This weeks podcast covers:

• BS EN 60947-2
• Arc flash
• Portfolios
• EICR extent and limitations
• EICR coding for AC RCDs
• PAT safety
• Portfolio ramble
• Rogue trainers
• Bonding extraneous conductivee parts - or not to

This weeks podcast covers:

• Cable bending
• Update on Diverted Neutral Current
• Surge protection
• Arc Flash
• IET 01
• Solar

This weeks podcast covers:

• Managing design
• Delivering training to an exhibitions company
• 7671 vs 7909 vs 6396
• Landlord safety
• Skills development in Scotland
• This weeks CPD - Dave's trick with volt drop
• Type B HP RCDs
• Community question - IR testing
• Standards - BS 7430
• Books - Electrical Injury - Electrical Sequalae
• HND's and HNC's
• De-skilling electricians

We bring back the SparkyNinja podcast and begin by introducing our new co-host Dave Betteridge. Discussion cover:

• Electrical design
• Largescale EV training at Hager
• Elex
• This weeks CPD
• Type B RCDs
• EV installs
• Risk assessment
• Open-PEN protection
• Cable life
• Community question - do we earth metallic copex wiring systems
• This weeks standard - BS 7454
• Protection against fault current
• Accessing standards
• CPS

Paul, JW and David are back a week after amendment 3, it's an extended edition of the DPC of BS 7671 Amendment 4.

SparkyNinja is temporarily hosting the e5 podcast.

Originally recorded in June 2020.

Dave, Paul and John are joined one last time by Sean from Dehn to discuss lightning protection and risk assessments.