Electrical Safety
Introducing the Safety - Electrical Safety section on our blog where we post some of the electrical safety advice available today.
We sell and distribute a lot of electrical items, switches and sockets, and lights on our website, and they all connect to electricity.
It is imperative that you use a registered electrician when it comes to installing or wiring things.
And if it comes to doing things yourself, make sure you are safe. Electricity can kill. It is not a joke.
Whether you're installing or using a heater, changing the sockets to USB sockets or dimmers to LED dimmers, or simply using an extension socket, make sure you are safe.
Electrical Safety in Homes, using the Extensions Leads and the Adaptors in a safe way
Continuing the series of Electrical Safety Tips, inspired by the NICEIC advices on their website,...
Tips for Home Fire Safety, Electrical Appliances at Home and Fire Safety Tips
In 2007, Government statistics showed that over 43,000 fires started by accident in UK homes were...
Tips for your Electrical Safety Outdoors, Avoid Electrical Accidents in the Gardens
NICEIC offers the below helpful tips in order to help you to use electrical equipment safely in...
Simple Tips for Electrical Safety in the Kitchen - Kitchen Safety at Home
We all know that water and electricity make a lethal combination, and the kitchen(with the...
Bathroom safety - simple rules for avoiding electricity related dangers in the bathrooms
As we all know, water carries electricity very efficiently. When water(or wet...
Short guide on working safely with and around electricity especially on construction sites
Via the esc.org.uk we found this very helpful article regarding the Electrical Safety in the...
Part P of the Building Regulations: protecting the homeowners and reducing the risk of electric shock
About the Part P factsheet - Don’t put lives at risk by using/installing dangerous electrics! As...
Rules for electrical safety in the home(read this before starting any electrical work)
Although we are not electricians(yet we deal with a lot of electrical stuff + also with a lot of...
Avoid the potential electrical hazards by using a NICEIC-registered electricians
Especially true and applicable to the specifier / the landlord, the NICEIC advice on the avoiding...
Short guide to the 17th edition of the Wiring regulations - main changes to the previous standards(2nd part)
This article is the continuation of the Introduction to the IEE Wiring Regulations, the 17th...
Wiring Regulations 17th Edition, BS7671, introduction to the IEE Wiring Regulations
The IET (The Institution of Engineering and Technology) put out some time ago the red-cover book...
IP rating in the bathrooms - bathroom IP zoning
Explaining what is the IP rating in the bathrooms and the chart introducing the difference bathroom IP zoning and what are the IP ratings.
RCD - residual current device; RCDs and examples
What is RCD? The simple definition as given here is: What current flow goes in must also come out....
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IP - index of protection (against solid objects or against liquids)
The index of protection - the IP - is an essential characteristic of most of the electrical...