Martindale Electric recently introduced four new proving units into its industry-leading range. The company now offers the widest range of proving units on the market. One key model, the PD440SRDX, features two important tools for both electricians and electrical...
Safe isolation procedures and using the correct equipment can help prevent workers being exposed to danger when working on or near live electrical systems. Failure to use correct procedures could result in a circuit inadvertently remaining live, potentially resulting...
So, you’ve carried out your safe isolation procedures, isolated the circuit you need to work on, and then when proving dead, your voltage indicator is still showing live. Why and what can you do next? Most voltage indicators available today have high input impedances...
Over 17 years since the tragic death of 26-year-old electrician, Michael Adamson, there sadly remain unacceptable levels of accidents and fatalities related to electrical working. Michael was an experienced electrician who lost his life in a preventable electrical...
The beginning of a new year is a good time to reassess what’s in your toolkit and check you have everything ready for the year ahead. For anyone who works with electricity, test equipment is a priority and in this article, we look at five pieces of kit designed to...
Smaller, lighter and with new options for calibration checking test equipment, Martindale’s PDSX proving units not only give your confidence in safety critical voltage measurements, they can also be used to validate the performance of 18th Edition multifunction...
Selecting the right tool for the job when it comes to safe isolation is a critical stage in any electrical maintenance process but with a bewildering range on offer and so much at stake in terms of safety, how can you be sure that you have chosen the right tools for...
• New stiffer penalties introduced Feb 2016 for non compliance • Emphasis changed such that fines apply to putting employees at risk, not just accidents • Imprisonment more likely for directors, managers, employees • Higher fines up to £10M for large companies who...
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