Electrical News Weekly
Episodes
222 episodes
The Bizarre Solution to EV Charging on City Streets
In a horrific accident, an electrician is paralysed after plunging 50ft from an electricity pylon…The bizarre electric vehicle charger that goes OVER a pavement to reach your car…And the electrical contractor from the Wirral who beat se...
DIY Electrical Disasters: The Costs Revealed
Electrical contractors reveal the tsunami of DIY disasters they’re having to deal with in the cost of living crisis…We reveal how to get electrical installation work in the booming data centre business…And why electricity pylons...
Gang targets electricians for their vans
A knife gang targets electrical contractors for their vans in terrifying nighttime attacks in Doncaster…The Guardian newspaper reveals that big house builders lobbied the government to drop plans to include electric car chargers in ever...
Rogue Trader Jailed For Pretending to be an NICEIC Member
Jail for the Mercedes-driving rogue trader who lied about being an approved electrician while living a life of luxury…The electrical contractor paralysed after a fall warns the trade to take health and safety seriously… And...
Deadly Electric Shock from 'Botched' Wickes Bathroom
A homeowner gets a deadly electric shock from a £7,000 bathroom from Wickes…How your windows could soon be replaced by solar panels that are transparent…And the electrician who gets paid in ALCOHOL turns an outdoor spa pool into...
ITV Emmerdale: Electrician Qualifies in Just Six Weeks
The cash flow killer: No fewer than 12 electrical contracting firms go to the wall in a black month for the tradeElectricians call out the TV soap Emmerdale after a character becomes an electrician in just SIX weeksAnd we reveal a cleve...
VAT Man Gets Tough on Electricians
In a sign that the VAT man is getting tough over unpaid tax, an electrician is banned for five years…The council whose tenants haven’t had an electrical safety check in over a decade…And we share some top tips to recession-proof your el...
Firm fined £3.6m after TWO electricians are badly burned.
Another week, another electrical contractor is seriously injured – but this time, the courts get tough on the employer with a punishing fine of £3.6 million… Coming to a consumer unit near you: the AFDDs you can communicate with.
One Million Pound Fine for Electrician's Horrific Injuries
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 electrici...
Electricians Increase Prices as Fuel Costs Rise
Electrical News Weekly Monday 25th JulyNine 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…a...
The top 10 most dangerous electrical DIY mistakes.
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 pip...
REVEALED: How Much Money Do Self Employed Electricians Make?
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 I...
TOOL THEFT : £100 Million stolen from contractors
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 t...
How Many Electricians Does it Take to Change a Socket?
In this episode of Electrical News WeeklyA 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 tur...
The UK Government is Cracking Down on Electrical Safety
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...
DIYer Electrocuted After Drilling Through Underground Cable
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...
Fake Electrical Test Reports Risk Lives Says IET
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 ...
Electrical Contractor fined £17,000 following death
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...
The World's Fastest Electric Vehicle Charger, and Robot Electricians are Here
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
More UK Government CASH for EV Charger Installations
Coming up in Electrical News Weekly. Up to £30,000 OZEV funding for EV chargers in residential car parks.
REVEALED: The UK's Van Theft Hotspots & a new deal for Ohme
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 hot...