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Trading into the 12th year and going from strength to strength, MPB Electrical have taken on their new apprentice “Luke”.

Luke’s apprenticeship will take approximately 3 years on block release at Leeds college of Technology, When not at college Luke will be out on site in Leeds and surrounding area’s covering all aspects of electrical work ranging from Domestic, Commercial and Industrial.

The college course will start in September, in the mean time Luke will be out on site  5 days  a week learning all aspects of been an electrician.

Luke will work closely with an approved electrician throughout his apprenticeship developing his skills and taking an hands on approach to all tasks.

We will keep you posted on Luke’s progress throughout the apprenticeship.

Home owners are urged to use NICEIC qualified electricians after visiting numerous properties were “wannabe electricians” have carried out shoby and DANGEROUS electrical work putting property owners at risk from electric shock or possible death.

All property owners should be using fully approved NICEIC electrical contractors or NICEIC part P domestic installers for dwellings.

If property owners are unsure if the electrician is registered  (NICEIC approved) they can take the electrical contractors enrolment number and check this by going to: www.niceic.com this will clarify if they are registered giving the customer piece of mind.

Residual Current Devices are now firmly established around the world as a primary means of providing protection against electrocution and fires caused by electrical faults. Less than one quarter of an amp (250mA) Leaking from a faulty installation can generate sufficient heat to start a fire or if leakage through a human body for only 200mS can cause heart fibrillation and subsequent death.

PRINCIPLE OF RCD OPERATION:

An RCD protects by constantly monitoring the current flowing in the live and neutral wires supplying a circuit or individual item of equipment. Under normal circumstances, the current flowing in the two wires is equal. When an earth leakage occurs due to a fault in the circuit or an accident with the equipment, an imbalance occurs and this is detected by the RCD, which automatically cuts off the power before injury or damage can result. To be effective, the RCD must operate very quickly at a low earth leakage current. Those designed to protect human life are engineered to trip out with an earth leakage current of 30mA within 200mS and at a higher earth current of 150mA, they will trip in less than 40mS. These limits are well inside the safety zone, within electrocution or fire would not be expected to occur.

If you require any further information you can contact martin at: mpbelectrical@btinternet.com

The 1st Amendment to BS7671: 2008 Requirements for Electrical Installation (IEE Wiring Regulations, Seventeenth Edition) is to be released on 1st July 2011 with a transition period up until 1st Janruary 2012.

There are a number of new sections and updates, some of these are listed below.

Measure against electromagnetic disturbances – new section 444
Medical locations – new section 710
Operating or maintenance gangways – new section 729
Devices for protection against overvoltage (surge protection) – new section 729
Certification and reporting – Appendix 6

Periodic reports may also be known as a Electrical condition report from 1st July 2011 with a number of changes, including a series of new inspection schedules.

On the new report the four observation codes have now been replaced by three.

Code 1 – Danger present
Code 2 – Potentailly dangerous
Code 3 – Imrpovement recommended

MPB Electrical have served the Yorkshire and Leeds area with all their domestic, industrial and commercial electrical needs over the past 12 years.

All work carried by us has the relevant NICEIC certificate to cover the work and by a fully qualified electricians to the current IEE 17th edition regulations.

For a complete list of all the electrical work we undergo in Leeds and the Yorkshire area, please follow this link : electricians Leeds