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Send us Fan Mail The government outlines sweeping reforms to how much tax and national insurance electricians must pay… …the NICEIC launches four new qualifications for the trade… …and an engineer dubbed Mr Safety is in line for a £1 million pay out after a horrific accident in the North Sea… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you're lis...

Send us Fan Mail The government launches a crack down on late payments… …we reveal the best town in the UK in which to be an electrical contractor… …and the water-cooled EV chargepoint which can add hundreds of miles in mere minutes… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you're listening in the van, on site, or down at the wholesale counter...

Send us Fan Mail A key change in the rules for EV charger installation is set to dramatically boost work for the electrical trade… …a global ban on fluorescent lamps is on the cards after 149 countries agreed to consign the tubes to the dustbin of history… …and electricians share their favourite nicknames for their on-site colleagues… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Elect...

Send us Fan Mail The trade is warned about major changes in the rules for installing emergency lighting… …an electrician who lost an arm and most of his face when he was hit by a 7200V cable is given the world’s first eye transplant … …and is it ever okay for an electrician to ask a customer for a tip?  Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you&...

Send us Fan Mail An electrician goes on trial after a tradesman is electrocuted by a cooker hood… …the explosion of a home battery sends shock waves through the trade… …and just launched: the exoskeleton that’s designed to give you super powers… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you're listening in the van, on site, or down at the whole...

Send us Fan Mail The courts get tough on dodgy EICRs as a landlord is fined £45,000… …an electrical contractor is asked to remove solar panels from a hotel as they could dazzle pilots landing at a nearby airport… …and the electricians who battled giant waves to keep a port town safe… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with … whether you're listening in the van, on site, or down...

Send us Fan Mail The UK’s first college course on EV charger installation has just been launched – but you don’t need to be a competent electrician to join it… …new figures reveal the monumental scale of cancelled electrical work across the country… …and power outages in Henley are being blamed on a rare rodent brought into Britain by the super rich Rothschild family… Welcome to Electrical News We...

Send us Fan Mail The Government unveils new laws to speed up the installation of EV chargers… …one wiring accessory manufacturer apologies to another pretending its products were made in the same factory… And the nation is warned that a way to detect electrical circuit faults… simply smell the fish… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company, whether you&apo...

Send us Fan Mail 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 is blamed on faulty electrical circuitry… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company, whether you're lis...

Send us Fan Mail 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 death of an electrician who was crushed by a collapsing crane… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company, whether y...

Send us Fan Mail 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 trying to get householders to switch to smart meters by warning that their existing gas meters could catch fire… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in associat...

Send us Fan Mail 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 figures reveal that the UK is an astonishing 12 YEARS behind its EV charger target… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Compa...

Send us Fan Mail 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 week in separate workplace accidents in Australia… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company, whether you're...

Send us Fan Mail 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 cable faults… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company, whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or d...

Send us Fan Mail 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 or wiring accessory? Are you a straight-up-and-down kind of guy or gal, or are YOU a complete randomer?  Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association wit...

Send us Fan Mail 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 that power your car mean the end of EV chargers? Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you're li...

Send us Fan Mail 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… …and the humble electricity pylon gets a radical makeover… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whet...

Send us Fan Mail 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 opportunity for the trade? Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with … whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale...

Send us Fan Mail 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… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with the Electric Heating Company, whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the w...

Send us Fan Mail 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 mechanics become electricians if they want to work on electric vehicles? A proposed law has sparked a heated debate… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly i...

Send us Fan Mail 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 revolutionary all-knowing and all-seeing double socket… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 10th July 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:0...

Send us Fan Mail 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 cables… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 3rd July 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:31 Ferre...

Send us Fan Mail 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 electrics… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 26th June 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:30 Ele...

Send us Fan Mail 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 over the growing dangers of a fault called a neutral current diversion… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 19th June 2023 ============================== Ti...

Send us Fan Mail 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 killed by a falling tree… And..the daddy of all transformers brings chaos to the roads of Kent… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 12th June 2023 ======...