Counterfeit & sub-standard cables

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

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 reach 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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VoltiBULLETIN - January 2010 - relating to Counterfeit & sub-standard cables has been certified as suitable for CPD purposes by the Construction CPD Certification Service.
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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.