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This week we talk about the challenges with working away from home. Some of the issues Dave W has with preparing training courses and a challenge Dave B has with Earthing design.

This week we have a catch up and talk through thee battery storage course, safe isolation, control panel assessments and EICRs

Travelling to Northern Ireland to provide training with ETT Surge protection Thermography - camera selection Design dilemmas Working away CPD Temperature limitations of conduit installations Open PEN is it protection or detection EV chargers Talking in schools RCD protection in industrial Facebook groups

This weeks podcast covers: BS EN 60947-2 Arc flash Portfolios EICR extent and limitations EICR coding for AC RCDs PAT safety Portfolio ramble Rogue trainers Bonding extraneous conductivee parts - or not to

This weeks podcast covers: Cable bending Update on Diverted Neutral Current Surge protection Arc Flash IET 01 Solar

This weeks podcast covers: Managing design Delivering training to an exhibitions company 7671 vs 7909 vs 6396 Landlord safety Skills development in Scotland This weeks CPD - Dave's trick with volt drop Type B HP RCDs Community question - IR testing Standards - BS 7430 Books - Electrical Injury - Electrical Sequalae HND's and HNC's De-skilling electricians

We bring back the SparkyNinja podcast and begin by introducing our new co-host Dave Betteridge. Discussion cover: Electrical design Largescale EV training at Hager Elex This weeks CPD Type B RCDs EV installs Risk assessment Open-PEN protection Cable life Community question - do we earth metallic copex wiring systems This weeks standard - BS 7454 Protection against fault current Accessing standards...

Paul, JW and David are back a week after amendment 3, it's an extended edition of the DPC of BS 7671 Amendment 4.

SparkyNinja is temporarily hosting the e5 podcast. In this episode: Paul, JW and the Ninja are Back at it, talking BS 7671 Amendment 3

Originally recorded in June 2020. Dave, Paul and John are joined one last time by Sean from Dehn to discuss lightning protection and risk assessments. You can download the lightning protection guide we refer to here: https://www.dehn.co.uk/en-gb/downloads

Originally recorded in June 2020. Sean Passant carries on in his third hour talking to JW, Paul Meenan and SparkyNinja

Originally recorded in May 2020. Shaun Passant from DEHN joins JW, Sparky Ninja and Paul Meenan to talk further about ATLAS and lightning protection for electricians.

Originally recorded in May 2020 Shaun Passant from DEHN joins JW, SparkyNinja and Paul Meenan to talk further about ATLAS and lightning protection for electricians.

Originally recorded in April 2020 Robin Earl puts in a shift with David Watts, Paul Meenan and SparkyNinja to further enhance and debate.

John Ward, Paul Meenan and I are joined by Paul Skyrme as we host the second part of a podcast going through the fundamental principles of BS7671 and cross referencing it with particular regulations from the Electricity at Work Regulations.   This podcast is a great starting point for any spark wondering how to enhance their reporting skills and better inform their clients of how their EICR r...

John Ward, Paul Meenan and I are joined by Paul Skyrme as we host the first part of a podcast going through the fundamental principles of BS7671 and cross referencing it with particular regulations from the Electricity at Work Regulations.  This podcast is a great starting point for any spark wondering how to enhance their reporting skills and better inform their clients of how their EICR rep...

Paul Meenan and John Ward are joined by Paul Skyrme and Dan Jackson to discuss and tackle the changes in Amendment 2 of BS 7671:2020(2022).

The hosts of the e5 podcast host a webinar discussing the original draft of the wiring regulations, known as the wiring rules.

I have done some work with NET developing an app to assist apprentices in their preparation for the AM2 assessment. https://www.netservices.org.uk/test-app/ e5 podcast returns and I am soon going to be doing some thermal imaging content.

Paul Meenan and I discuss the Public Draft of BS 7671 Amendment 2 and the comments that we feel we will make.

In this episode we discuss the upcoming deadline for commenting on the draft for BS 7671:2018 amendment 2 which is this coming Friday 11th December. We play a highlight discussion with the e5 guys discussing SPD selection in a Q&A with Professional Electrician magazine. What changes has Covid made to electrical training and are the changes going to stay. We briefly introduce the Schneider Elec...

This is a recording of a webinar given on the 7th April 2020.  I strongly recommend you find the time to watch this on YouTube https://youtu.be/jm9AY_bt4Uk Phil puts his old firefighters hat on and discusses with us the introduction of the regulations regarding the measures to prevent premature collapse of wiring systems.   We'll discuss the history which caused the regulation, the curre...

I'm joined by Paul Meenan, John Ward and Kirsty Johnson to talk about SPDs and some of the considerations we may have to make on EICRs. You can watch the vidoe here: https://youtu.be/oj7Y4wXTKHA

We get a lot of inquiries with regards to the 2396 design qualification and many people are failing the exam when they've gone to other training providers.  So Phil and I wanted to discuss the qualification and go through the chief examiners reports to see what the common problems are.

This is a recording of a webinar given on 2nd April 2020.   In this webinar, Phil and I discuss inspection and testing from both perspectives in the classroom and out in the sector. We take a lot of comments from the great chat amongst the attendees and discuss them.  To see any more upcoming webinars go to:  https://sparkyninja.com/webinars   twitter: https://twitter.com/Spark...