Electrical Safety First News

This week is Electrical Fire Safety Week, which promotes electrical fire safety in the home. Half of all accidental house fires are caused by electricity, and nine out of ten electrical fires are caused by electrical products. The cost of living crisis is pioneering more people to use electrical products at night when power is often cheaper, but West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) is warning that this could lead to dangerous fires. On Sunday, just before midnight, crews from were cal...

A range of customers in the supply chain are often confused when it comes to the selection of the correct cabling for many critical applications, says AEI Cables. The company has been communicating the dangers of not following the technical guidance for the selection and installation of cables for Category 3 Control fire performance cables under the revised British Standard BS8519: 2020. Category 3 Control fire performance cables Category 3 Control fire performance cables reduce harmful smoke...

The fault in question is from broken protected earth and neutral (PEN) conductors, which are typically used to make a circuit via exposed metalwork such as gas, water, and oil pipes. These conductors are used on the Protective Multiple Earthing or PME (TN-C-S) network, which was introduced in the 1970s as a self-monitoring system to improve safety and “provide (an) easy indication if a fault were to occur with the combined neutral and protective conductor”. Author's quote Head of...