Electrical News Weekly
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222 episodes
Battery Storage in Homes Saves the National Grid 📈
An electrician is interrupted installing a cooker circuit… to be told that he's won the lottery…An army of home batteries helps the grid cope with peak demand for the first time…And a spate of fires across the south of England i...
Revealed: Social Media That Actually Gets Work For Electricians
Electricians reveal the social media sites that work in attracting new customers……Caught on Camera! The woman who tried to set fire to her neighbour’s electrical box……and health and Safety chiefs bring a prosecution over the dea...
Cable Strike Builder gets £24k bill
A builder who says he nearly died after hitting a power cable has been slapped with a bill for £24,000……the ECA calls on Rishi Sunak to take the politics out of EV charging…..and British Gas is in hot water this week after tryin...
Police Probe Mystery Death: How Was 10-year-old boy Electrocuted?
The Blackpool hotel where a 10-year-old boy was electrocuted stays closed this week as a probe into the accident gets underway… …electricians strike in a dispute that could shut down the nation’s nuclear stations…And figure...
Electricians Warned Over Meter Connections
Electrical contractors warned by NICEIC NOT to use insulation piercing connectors for charge points…..an electrician is engulfed in a fireball of hot oil as a transformer explodes…..and tragedy, as two electricians die in one we...
Landlord Packed 12 Students in Flat With Deadly Wiring
A landlord is banned from renting property after 12 students were found living in a flat with exposed wiring…A farm is fined £60,000 over the electrocution of a lorry driver…And we meet the robotic dog trained to hunt out power ...
Solar Crime Spree Sweeps UK
A summer solar crime spree sweeps the nation as thieves make off with thousands of PV panels……we investigate why so many EV chargers are broken… And we ask the probing question: How do YOU align the screws on a light switch...
Contractors walk out after shock electrician is hospitalised
Contractors walk off-site after an electrician is hospitalised following an electric shock…The boss of MCS, the Microgeneration Certification Service, reveals that his home has neither a heat pump OR solar panels……and do roads t...
Octopus Energy Opens Up Solar For All Electricians
The installation of solar panels is opened up to all electrical contractors this week after a landmark decision by Octopus Energy that it will no longer require MCS certification……a power surge causes house fires and blackouts in Kent…<...
Young Electrician Electrocuted In Loft
Tragedy – as a young electrician is electrocuted just as his career in the trade is beginning…A £1 million set of EV superchargers sits idle as there’s not enough juice to turn it on…And, are microwave boilers the next big oppor...
Deadly Toilet Revealed! Is it REGS Compliant?
The loo that could give men the shock of their lives…How an electrical contractor got surprising revenge on the seller of a faulty van…And the Guernsey electrician who has revealed to his family a secret he has kept for 66 years...
REVEALED: A New Way to Become a Qualified Electrician
A new way for domestic electricians to prove their skills has been unveiled for England and Wales……the British Government opens the UK to foreign tradespeople, but electrical contractors stay off the list for now……and should car...
Alarming Statistics: Solar Panel Risks Exposed
A major pay breakthrough this week as the electricians’ union and the company bosses agree on the highest wage increase in years……a shock report reveals major safety concerns at nearly ALL solar installations……and MK unveils a r...
How Ferrets Help Electricians Lay Cables
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 cable...
How Viral Video Got This Electrician Sacked
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 electri...
Fatal Boat Blaze Blamed On Short Circuit
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 o...
Meter Tampering - Would You Risk This For a Customer?
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 kille...
Put EV Chargers Away from Buildings, Insurers Warn the Trade
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 e...
Meet The Stressed Out Electrician... Who's Earning £150,000
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...
LIVE Cables found in Wheelie Bin!
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…...
Facebook Fails to Unplug Dangerous Devices
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…...
Latest Wiring Regs Changes Revealed - Update to BS7671
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 ...
Firm WRONG To Fire Boozing Electrician
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 car...
Thousands of UK electricians head for Australia ✈️
Thousands of electricians vote to quit the trade for a new life down under…Electrical innovations dominate this year’s prestigious Build Back Better Awards…And we report on the remarkable recovery of the electrical contractor wh...