Health & Safety Matters

Don’t work to outdated wiring regulations

UK electricians could be failing to
comply with the latest IET Wiring
Regulations, warns
the Institution of
Engineering and
Technology (the IET,
formerly the IEE).

The IET reports that as many as
76% of electricians

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Dangerous lesson

Robert Kitchener, MD of Blackburn
based PAT testing firm Kitchener
2000 is warning of the hidden
dangers that could be lurking in the
classroom, as the firm is finding
numerous faulty products are hitting
the market and

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Safe isolation app

Aiming to tackle the dangerous
practice of working on live
electrical systems, a ‘Safe Isolation’
app has been unveiled by safety
charity, the Electrical Safety
Council (ESC).

The ESC has based the Safe
Isolation app

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The golden thread

Human factors and the importance
of worker involvement have been
highlighted at ENA’s 23rd Annual
Safety, Health and Environment
conference as critical to delivering
ongoing improvement in health and
safety in the elect

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HSE guidance welcomed

The Association for Professional
Appliance Testing has welcomed
the HSE guidance document,
‘Maintaining portable electric
equipment in low risk
environments’.

A spokesperson for the
Association commented: “We
recogn

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LTE option added

Narda Safety Test
Solutions has equipped
its SRM-3006 frequency
selective field measuring
instrument with an LTE
option. The instrument
measures the
electromagnetic fields
emanating from LTE
wireless
communications

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Training DVD provides

Portable appliance testing (PAT)
instrumentation specialist Seaward,
has developed an interactive
electrical safety training package
aimed at professionals responsible
for ensuring the safety of appliances
and electrica

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Fluke clamp meter offers

Until 31st July 2012, Fluke is offering
a free Fluke i2500-10 iFlex Flexible
Current Probe with the purchase of
either a Fluke 374 or Fluke 375
Clamp Meter, or a free Fluke C345
Carrying Case with the purchase of
either

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Martindale Electric on the case

Now available from Martindale
Electric, the new advanced HPAT
600 Kit is a complete PAT testing kit
specifically designed for both
contractors and competent in-house
personnel.

The kit includes a range of test
equipm

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Non contact voltage testers

Martindale Electric’s latest TEK100
and TEK 200 non contact voltage
testers are designed to safely detect
voltages without the need for
physical conductor contact in
sockets, cables and circuit breakers
to completely el

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