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Counterfeit & sub-standard cables - CPD accredited - VoltiBULLETIN January 2010

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This VoltiBULLETIN is about counterfeit and sub-standard electric cables. Copying products is an insidious, fast growing 'business' globally.

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Counterfeit & sub-standard cables - CPD accredited - VoltiBULLETIN January 2010

11 January 2010

James Hunt
Managing Editor

This VoltiBULLETIN is about counterfeit and sub-standard electric cables. Copying products is an insidious, fast growing 'business' globally. Estimates vary on the costs of counterfeiting, but it certainly costs legitimate businesses £100bn or more annually, and every year, many tens of millions of pounds' worth of counterfeit electrical products reache UK shores. Many such cables are dangerous - sometimes highly so. It is no exaggeration to say that some of these products can and do kill. They also cause fires with depressing regularity across the world. This VoltiBULLETIN examines the issues.
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... this month's practical snag and its solution from the NICEIC
Wiring at consumer units and distribution boards

Conductors must be clearly identified by position or labelling at a distribution board or consumer unit.

Sometimes it is found that the neutral or protective conductors of outgoing circuits have been indiscriminately connected at a consumer unit or a distribution board. This can lead to danger if, as a result, an incorrect neutral for example, is disconnected.

More on wiring at consumer units and distribution boards
This article is extracted from Snags and Solutions Part 1 or Part 2 published by

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