Send us a text Electrical contractors warned by NICEIC NOT to use insulation piercing connectors for charge points… ..an electrician is engulfed in a fireball of hot oil as a transformer explodes… ..and tragedy, as two electricians die in one week in separate workplace accidents in Australia… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company, whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale counter. ==========================================...
Sep 11, 2023•11 min•Season 1Ep. 68
Send us a text A landlord is banned from renting property after 12 students were found living in a flat with exposed wiring… A farm is fined £60,000 over the electrocution of a lorry driver… And we meet the robotic dog trained to hunt out power cable faults… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company, whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale counter. ============================================ Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Electrical I...
Sep 04, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 67
Send us a text A summer solar crime spree sweeps the nation as thieves make off with thousands of PV panels… …we investigate why so many EV chargers are broken… And we ask the probing question: How do YOU align the screws on a light switch or wiring accessory? Are you a straight-up-and-down kind of guy or gal, or are YOU a complete randomer? Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale co...
Aug 25, 2023•9 min
Send us a text Contractors walk off-site after an electrician is hospitalised following an electric shock… The boss of MCS, the Microgeneration Certification Service, reveals that his home has neither a heat pump OR solar panels… …and do roads that power your car mean the end of EV chargers? Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale counter. ============================================...
Aug 21, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Send us a text The installation of solar panels is opened up to all electrical contractors this week after a landmark decision by Octopus Energy that it will no longer require MCS certification… …a power surge causes house fires and blackouts in Kent… …and the humble electricity pylon gets a radical makeover… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with The Electric Heating Company whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale counter. ==========================...
Aug 14, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Send us a text Tragedy – as a young electrician is electrocuted just as his career in the trade is beginning… A £1 million set of EV superchargers sits idle as there’s not enough juice to turn it on… And, are microwave boilers the next big opportunity for the trade? Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with … whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale counter. ============================================ Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Electrical Industry News - Monda...
Aug 07, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Send us a text The loo that could give men the shock of their lives… How an electrical contractor got surprising revenge on the seller of a faulty van… And the Guernsey electrician who has revealed to his family a secret he has kept for 66 years… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with the Electric Heating Company, whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down at the wholesale counter. ============================================ 00:00 Electrical Industry News - Monday 31st...
Jul 31, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Send us a text A new way for domestic electricians to prove their skills has been unveiled for England and Wales… …the British Government opens the UK to foreign tradespeople, but electrical contractors stay off the list for now… …and should car mechanics become electricians if they want to work on electric vehicles? A proposed law has sparked a heated debate… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly in association with the Electric Heating Company, whether you're listening in the van, on-site, or down...
Jul 24, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Send us a text A major pay breakthrough this week as the electricians’ union and the company bosses agree on the highest wage increase in years… …a shock report reveals major safety concerns at nearly ALL solar installations… …and MK unveils a revolutionary all-knowing and all-seeing double socket… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 10th July 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome 00:37 The biggest pay rise for Sparks in years 01:09 Nearly ALL solar installations have maj...
Jul 10, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Send us a text A group of apprentice ferrets begin their training in cable laying this week… …another fire at a solar panel installation rips through a block of flats… …and a cat causes a major power outage after getting entangled in power cables… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 3rd July 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:31 Ferrets trained to thread cables and wires 01:52 Another major fire involving solar panels 02:22 Another fi...
Jul 03, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 59
Send us a text An electrician claims he was sacked for filming inside Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium on his mobile phone… …we visit the London street that’s just become a power station… …and car wash firms are exposed for their often deadly electrics… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 26th June 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:30 Electrician working at Anfield Stadium is sacked for filming videos 01:30 Crackdown on car washes reveals...
Jun 26, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 58
Send us a text A short circuit is being blamed for a boat blaze in which three British tourists died… …meanwhile, an electrician appears to hold the clue to the mysterious cause of another deadly fire, some forty years ago… …and concern mounts over the growing dangers of a fault called a neutral current diversion… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 19th June 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:40 Three Britons confirmed dead in boat f...
Jun 19, 2023•10 min•Season 1Ep. 57
Send us a text Meter tampering is a ‘ticket time bomb’, say experts, as it’s revealed that four out of 10 electricians are regularly asked to slow down the devices… ..a council and a building firm appear in court this week after an electrician is killed by a falling tree… And..the daddy of all transformers brings chaos to the roads of Kent… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 12th June 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:35 4/10 electr...
Jun 12, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 56
Send us a text Insurers tell the trade to put EV chargers at least 7.5 metres from buildings because of the risk of fire… …judges slap a big fine on a car cleaning firm whose dodgy electrics put its workers in danger of electrocution… …and the electrician who earned £16,000 in a fortnight – by simply changing light bulbs Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 5th June 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:35 Insurers tell trade to put comme...
Jun 05, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 55
Send us a text The electrician who’s earning a whopping £150,000 a year – but says it’s stressing him out … a court fines the electrical bunglers who left a TV presenter’s home crackling with sparks… …and the knife-wielding tool thieves who will stop at nothing to get into your van… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 30th May ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:34 Workload of £150,000 a year spark puts a strain on his mental health 01:50 T...
Jun 02, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Send us a text A building firm is fined over half a million pounds after an electrical contractor falls from a ladder and is impaled on metal piping… …a safety warning goes out after LIVE twin and earth cables are found dumped in a wheelie bin… And we meet the former prisoner turned card-carrying electrician… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 23rd May ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:34 Company fined after electrician impaled on metal ...
May 23, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 53
Send us a text Electrical safety campaigners slam Facebook over its failure to act on dodgy devices… …electricians get to grips with the extra amendments to the 18th edition… …and a network circuit fault leads to fires at homes in Essex… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 15th May ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:32 Facebook slammed over failure to act on dodgy devices 01:35 Network safety fault causes fires in Essex 01:58 Electric car ...
May 15, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Send us a text In breaking news, the IET announced they're tidying up the wiring regulations... ...A probe is launched into the mysterious death of an electrician on a North Sea oil rig… …a Government watchdog names and shames a local authority over its failure to check electrical safety on thousands of homes… …and new figures reveal that electricians’ earnings are rapidly catching up on plumbers… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 9th May. ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welco...
May 09, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Send us a text Is it ever ok to have a pint before working on electrical installations? A court rules that a firm was WRONG to fire an electrician for drinking at lunchtime… …concern mounts over neutral faults as more and more electric cars plug in… And: ‘bring me a left-handed screwdriver and some fallopian tubes’. Pranked apprentices laugh off their on-site wind ups… Electrical News Weekly 2nd May 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 0...
May 02, 2023•8 min
Send us a text Thousands of electricians vote to quit the trade for a new life down under… Electrical innovations dominate this year’s prestigious Build Back Better Awards… And we report on the remarkable recovery of the electrical contractor who received the world’s first double arm transplant following a massive electric shock… Electrical News Weekly 24th April 2023 ============================== Time Stamps ⏱ 00:00 Welcome to eFIXX Electrical News Weekly 00:34 Thousands of UK Sparks fly to Au...
Apr 24, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Send us a text Thieves target EV chargers and their copper cables in a crime wave sweeping the UK… Amey Rail is fined half a million pounds as a worker suffers horrific electrocution injuries… And women electricians come together to tackle imposter syndrome… Electrical News Weekly 17th April 2023 ============================== Show notes 🗒 00:00 Welcome 00:33 UK is suffering from a large amount of EV Charger theft 02:10 Amey Rail fines half a million pounds after worker electrocution 03:19 Wome...
Apr 17, 2023•8 min
Send us a text As another electrician is diagnosed with cancer, doctors warn apprentices about the deadly nature of asbestos… First, Australia said it was coming for our sparks. Now it’s Saudi Arabia who’s on the hunt for UK-qualified contractors… And an electrician who volunteered to restore power in Ukraine is killed as he steps on a landmine… Welcome to Electrical News Weekly ================================= 00:00 Welcome to Electrical News Weekly 00:37 Dangers of asbestos exposure 01:54 Ukr...
Apr 10, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Send us a text A young man dies in the shower after an unqualified electrician fails to install earth bonding… Wireless electric car chargers are FINALLY coming to a street near you… And we reveal the winners of the 2023 eFIXX Awards… Electrical News Weekly 3rd April 2023 in association with Scame ============================== Show notes 🗒 00:00 Welcome 00:35 Young man electrified in the shower after touching live pipework 02:07 Robus acquires FuseBox 02:28 Wireless EV Chargers arriving in Eur...
Apr 03, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Send us a text The whistleblower electrician who took on the big boys over health and safety receives a payout… Skills chiefs overhaul apprenticeships – they’re making them six months longer and adding digital and renewable energy training And the cannabis growers who dug up a ROAD in Darlington to steal electricity… Electrical News Weekly 27th March 2023 in association with Scame ============================ 00:00 Electrical News Weekly 00:36 Electrician receives payout after being blacklisted ...
Mar 27, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Send us a text Swedish safety chiefs ban two Easee EV chargers and order a recall of 100,000 units… Four electricians are murdered after being mistaken for cable thieves in South Africa… And van clutter. Are loose items putting YOUR life at risk? Electrical News Weekly 20th March 2023 in association with Scame ============================ 00:00 Electrical News Weekly 00:37 Two Easee EV Chargers banned 02:27 four electricians murdered in South Africa 03:02 Landlord fined for tampering with an ele...
Mar 20, 2023•10 min
Send us a text It may be over 100 years old, but the venerable fluorescent tube is set to pass into history next February…we give you the low down on the bulb ban. Also: the Japanese boffin who’s come up with a light that doesn’t use electricity… And we reveal the winner of our big Marshall Tufflex competition. Electrical News Weekly 13th March 2023 in association with Scame ============================ 00:00 Electrical News Weekly 00:37 Fluorescent tube will be banned 02:04 Energy label ratings...
Mar 13, 2023•8 min
Send us a text The fixed price contract is DEAD – and the culprit is inflation, with the copper cable in the conservatory. Electricians increasingly offer payment plans to struggling homeowners… And forget the van; electrical contractors increasingly turn to e-bikes to get around… Electrical News Weekly 6th March 2023 in association with Scame ============================ 00:00 Electrical News Weekly 00:36 Fixed price contracts are dead? 01:46 1/5 of electricians allow customers to pay in instal...
Mar 06, 2023•8 min
Send us a text The dangers of installing lightning conductors are in the spotlight this week as an electrical contracting firm receives a fine of £120,000 over the death of an employee… Australia says it will steal UK sparks with the promise of top wages… …and Generation Wars: Young electricians slam the standards of old school boomers… Electrical News Weekly 27th February 2023 in association with Scame ============================ 00:00 Electrical News Weekly 00:38 Electrical contractor firm fi...
Feb 27, 2023•9 min
Send us a text Confusion reigns this week over the use of RCDs with electric vehicle chargers following a probe by Swedish authorities… Pictures emerge of the electrical work of serial bodger Jake Hughes… And ACTION! – Britain’s movie production boom is proving a massive boost for electrical contractors… Electrical News Weekly 20th February 2023 in association with Scame ============================ 00:00 Electrical News Weekly 00:37 Confusion over the use of RCDs in electric chargers 03:35 Elec...
Feb 20, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Send us a text An outcry from electricians has forced the courts to INCREASE the sentence of a tool thief who rammed an electrical contractor with a van… Several rogue traders have dodged prison this week following a spate of botched electrical work across the country… And sparks rush to set up renewable companies as the UK turns to green energy… Electrical News Weekly 13th February 2023 in association with Scame ============================ 00:00 Electrical News Weekly 00:38 Thief who ran over ...
Feb 13, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 39
