Wylex has produced a guide explaining how to choose the right consumer unit to deal with the changes affecting RCD protection in domestic and residential installations.

Legrand reports that its new 170 m2 customer centre in its Birmingham headquarters is proving to be a huge success.

Gurninder Ghuman of Legrand says, ‘Our intention was to create a centre that would be of value to the industry as a whole, As a result, the centre isn’t just a Legrand product showcase, but, rather, a purpose-built facility geared exclusively to wards the electrical industry — making it the ideal venue for a variety of industry events.’

The centre features a full cross section of Legrand products and those from its group companies Bticino, Zucchini and Ortonics.

There are also state-of-the-art facilities for training and events for up to 40 people. They are available for free customer hire.

Chris Scott describes how Marshall-Tufflex succeeded in developing a 32 A plug-in cabling system — and explores its benefits.

Stephen Willmore explores the implications of Part M of the Building Regulations on electrical installations and how to meet their requirements.

To avoid the cost of purchasing a standby generator for all of its nine care homes in Worcestershire, Heart of England Housing & Care has arranged with Powercall for a standby generator to be delivered to a site when required and be connected within an hour.

Pyrotenax mineral-insulated cables have been installed for fire-rated applications in the 19 000 m2 office development at 1fifty Cheapside near St Paul’s Cathedral in London. Specified by Hilson Moran and installed by Haden Young as the backbone system for landlord services in the shell and core. These cables are used in circuits for life-safety and fire-fighting rated applications as defined in BS 7346-6 specification for cable systems.

Electricians may be unwittingly breaking the Wiring Regulations, and thus not complying with Part P, by using inappropriate junction boxes for certain applications.

Following the publication of the 17th Edition of the Wiring Regulations, EAL, a leading UK body for National Vocational Qualifications and their Scottish equivalents, has launched a series of Vocationally Related Qualifications that specifically support BS 7671:2008, as the new Wiring Regulations are officially named.

Over 50 MVA of uninterruptible power supply systems have been supplied to various legal and financial institutions at Canary Wharf in London by Chloride. This concentration of Chloride UPS systems is the largest anywhere in the world, and it continues to grow as more companies move in and entrust their critical-power protection to Chloride, which was recently named Frost & Sullivan European UPS company of the year for 2007.

Over 2000 m of Electrak busbar has been installed in the ceiling voids of a 192 000 m2 extension to the distribution centre of Innovate logistics at Barden In Leicestershire. This high-bay warehouse is used as a UK distribution hub for Nestlé, and the additional space has increased capacity by about a third.

Hager claims to have won the UK's largest contract for consumer units with a 2-year deal to supply Taylor Wimpey. This housebuilder estimates that it will build more than 17 500 units in 2008.

Emerson Network Power has added the Liebert NXf to its NX range of uninterruptible power supplies. This solution ensures continuity of business-critical IT infrastructures such as are found in small data centres, banks and shopping precincts. Emergency-lighting systems can also be protected.