Building sustainability, the Renewable Heat Incentive - VoltiTECH April 2011

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This issue of VoltiTECH takes a long look at building sustainability, the Renewable Heat Incentive, BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes. This is part one of a two part series for this increasingly important topic, which will benefit electrical contractors with new business opportunities. Voltimum UK Managing Editor James Hunt introduces this VoltiTECH

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Building sustainability, the Renewable Heat Incentive, BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes

James Hunt
Managing Editor

Dear Reader

This issue of VoltiTECH takes a long look at building sustainability, the Renewable Heat Incentive, BREEAM and the Code for Sustainable Homes. This is part one of a two part series for this increasingly important topic, which will benefit electrical contractors with new business opportunities. Voltimum UK Managing Editor James Hunt introduces this VoltiTECH. Read on!

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Q & A
Our Voltimum Experts answer your questions on a daily basis in our Technical Expertise area. This Q & A of the Month, chosen from the many Q & As of the Day for this issue of VoltiTECH, concerns a solar (PV) array and its earthing arrangements. It is answered by SELECT. ­­
Q & A of the Day - Will this solar array need an extra earth?




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... this month's practical snag and its solution from the NICEIC

Test Leads - insulation resistance testing

Checking the continuity of test leads is essential before carrying out insulation resistance testing.

Failure to check that the instrument test leads are not open-circuited can result in the maximum possible value that can be indicated on the test instrument being unwittingly recorded as the insulation resistance value for the circuit (or group of circuits) under test.

More on Test Leads - insulation resistance testing

This article is extracted from Snags and Solutions Part 3 published by the: NICEIC Group



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