Electrical News Weekly
The latest electrical industry news is brought to you every week by eFIXX, The Electricians' Channel. We cover everything from new products to business and people news. Get a heads up on what's being released this week on the eFIXX youtube channel.If you have a new product or service you'd like to feature in an upcoming episode please upload the information here š https://www.efixx.co.uk/electrical-news-weekly-press-release
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129 episodes
MK Urgently Recalls Double Sockets Over āHigh Fire Riskā
MK has urgently recalled 37 versions of its Essentials double socket range over a high risk of fireā¦ā¦a contractor is fined Ā£100,000 after a solar panel installer falls through a skylightā¦ā¦ and itās revealed that 80 per cent of e...
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Episode 130
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Meter Box Mess - Are Electricians Cutting Corners?
Confusion is mounting in the trade over the correct cable insulation to use in meter cupboardsā¦ā¦over 1,000 social homes in Dundee are revealed to have had EICRs that were over five years oldā¦ā¦and a blind electrician is assaulted...
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Episode 129
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ā ļø Electricians Warned Over Neutral Current Diversions ā ļø
Installers are warned this week about the dangers of neutral current diversionsā¦ā¦ the trade reacts in fury to the latest amendment to the regsā¦ā¦and we meet the once homeless man whoās just qualified as an electricianā¦Wel...
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Episode 128
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Family Deaths Linked To DIY Wiring
Fire investigators say they found DIY electrical work at a Swansea home where a three-year-old boy and his dad diedā¦ā¦itās been revealed that over THREE MILLION smart meters arenāt working properlyā¦ā¦and an electrician working beh...
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Episode 127
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Wiring Regs Update: Big Changes You Can't Ignore!
Wiring Regulations chiefs warn the trade of the impact of the latest amendment to the documentā¦ā¦the Government announces a high level probe into the lack of electriciansā¦and a self-employed installer who abused the Covid loans s...
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Episode 126
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Top Electrical Brands Fined Over Price Fixing
Some of the biggest brands in the electrical trade are slapped with huge fines for price fixingā¦ā¦we reveal the installed electrical kit most loved by homeownersā¦ā¦and missing British electrician Kris Finney is found safe and well...
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Episode 125
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Shocking Injury Raises Tough Questions on Safety Laws
The family of a man who lost an arm when he was electrocuted has called for changes in the law to stop it happening againā¦ā¦why heat batteries could be the future of home heatingā¦ā¦and the trade welcomes the announcement of big go...
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Episode 124
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Electricians Warned: Untested Solar Panel Danger!
A consulting engineer issues a stark warning to the trade about untested solar panelsā¦ā¦Octopus says itās setting up a club to decide the standards for smart electrical kitā¦ā¦and how an electrical contractor is using artificial in...
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Episode 123
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The IET Acts Over Battery Pack Confusion
The IET unveils a guide for electricians installing battery packs to clarify the installation proceduresā¦ā¦ a judge fines a cosmetics company over the risk of electrocution at its factoryā¦ā¦and fuse links are being recalled over s...
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Episode 122
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Electricians Furious Over Ā£400 Extractor Fan Course!
The trade reacts with alarm as itās told to cough up over Ā£400 to fit extractor fansā¦ā¦a homeowner says a solar panel installation has made his family home unsellableā¦ā¦and a Cumbria man appears in court accused of forging electri...
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Episode 121
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IET Reveals New Standard for EV Chargers. - IET 01
The IET unveils a new standard for EV chargers to tackle PEN faultsā¦Open combined protective and neutral (PEN) conductor detection devices (OPDDs), IET 01:2024...electric car giant Tesla takes issue with the recent battery storage s...
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Episode 120
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IET Joins External Consumer Unit Row
The IET reignites the heated debate over the safety of external consumer unitsā¦ā¦itās revealed that 15,000 council homes in Sheffield havenāt had an EICR in five yearsā¦..and electrical contracting firms fear big losses following ...
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Episode 119
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Electricians Tricked into Live Working
The trade is warned about so-called meter menaces whose bypass wiring can trick electricians into working on live circuitsā¦ā¦the much-criticised MCS certification scheme is set to be relaunchedā¦ā¦and did a simple loose cable cause...
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Episode 118
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Electrician Put Secret Cameras in Customersā Homes
An electrician who abused his position to put secret cameras in customersā homes is jailedā¦ā¦a court slaps National Grid with a Ā£3 million fine after a man receives a 33,000 volt electric shockā¦ā¦and can you put a distribution boa...
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Episode 117
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Huge Fine For Electrical Test Certificate!
A court hands a landlord a mega fine of Ā£10,000 over a missing EICRā¦ā¦electrical contractors slam the standard of job applicantsā¦ā¦and the robots ARE coming for your job? In a trial, their performance is said to have exceeded all ...
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Episode 116
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How Man Survived 11KV Switchboard Disaster
The first guidance on how to connect RCDs and MCBs to the latest amendment of the Wirings Regs is unveiledā¦ā¦a man whose arms 'exploded' during 11,000-volt shock meets the doctors and ambulance crew who saved himā¦ā¦and the househo...
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Episode 115
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Contractor Fined as Apprentice Electrician Killed
A contracting firm is fined after an 18-year-old electrical apprentice is electrocutedā¦ā¦the trade reacts to YET ANOTHER amendment to the regsā¦ā¦and we check out the spotlight thatās made from old coffee groundsā¦Welcome to...
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Episode 114
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REVEALED: Ā£1.3 Million Solar Fraud
Three solar panel fraudsters are sentenced for their part in a Ā£1.3 million scamā¦ā¦electricians get to grips with the new amendment 3 of the Wiring Regulationsā¦ā¦and a power firm is fined almost a quarter of a million pounds after...
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Episode 113
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Amendment 3 to Wiring Regs Revealed
Amendment 3 to the Wiring Regs is unveiled this week and will come into force immediatelyā¦ā¦insurance giant Aviva sets out its minimum installation standard for solar panelsā¦ ā¦and the case of the rogue electrician who stole ...
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Episode 112
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Would You Use Your Car To Power Your Home?
The first trial of vehicle-to-grid charging involving the big car makers has begun in Manchesterā¦ā¦electricians are asked to help eliminate neutral current diversionsā¦ā¦and a company is fined after a cable drum fractures a workerā...
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Episode 111
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Limited Space Available For This 6-week Electricians Course!
An out of this world career is on offer after a UK college unveils a course for electricians in the space industryā¦ā¦a top battery expert warns that we urgently need to educate everyone about the dangers of lithium cellsā¦ā¦and a B...
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Episode 110
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Would YOU Install Renewables for Octopus Energy?
Octopus says it wants YOU to install its heat pumps, EV chargers and solar panels as the company unveils its partner programmeā¦ā¦the new UK government is set to be held to its many promises to the electrical sectorā¦ā¦and a court s...
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Episode 109
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Council āHasnāt Done Electrical Safety Checks For Six Yearsā
Itās been revealed that a high profile London borough hasnāt done ANY electrical safety checks on its homes in six yearsā¦ā¦ electric car giant Tesla is reported to police for conducting illegal electrical installation workā¦ā¦and t...
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Episode 108
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Government Tells Electrician With Broken Leg: āKeep Workingā
The government tells an electrician with a broken leg to keep workingā¦ā¦police make a series of arrests in the fight against copper gangs targeting EV chargersā¦..and the Labour Party promises to recruit thousands of electricians ...
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Episode 107
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One Million Pound Fine for Horrific Death Of Technician
Openreach is fined over Ā£1 million after an electrical technician dies falling into a river in Walesā¦ā¦electricians are warned not to post pictures of their power tools on social mediaā¦ā¦and six people die from electrocution as th...
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Episode 106
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