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SparkyNinja

David Watts•sparkyninja.com
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Welcome to podcast for the SparkyNinja project. Here we will talk about all things electrical from industry to training and social interactions.
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82: Managing design, exhibitions training, Volt drop tricks, BS 7430 and Electrical Sequalae

This weeks podcast covers: Managing design Delivering training to an exhibitions company 7671 vs 7909 vs 6396 Landlord safety Skills development in Scotland This weeks CPD - Dave's trick with volt drop Type B HP RCDs Community question - IR testing Standards - BS 7430 Books - Electrical Injury - Electrical Sequalae HND's and HNC's De-skilling electricians

Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 7 min

81: Introducing our new co-host and a catch up

We bring back the SparkyNinja podcast and begin by introducing our new co-host Dave Betteridge. Discussion cover: Electrical design Largescale EV training at Hager Elex This weeks CPD Type B RCDs EV installs Risk assessment Open-PEN protection Cable life Community question - do we earth metallic copex wiring systems This weeks standard - BS 7454 Protection against fault current Accessing standards CPS...

Jun 03, 2025•54 min

80: BS 7671 - Amendment 4 DPC

Paul, JW and David are back a week after amendment 3, it's an extended edition of the DPC of BS 7671 Amendment 4.

Aug 12, 2024•2 hr 28 min

79: BS 7671 - Amendment 3

SparkyNinja is temporarily hosting the e5 podcast. In this episode: Paul, JW and the Ninja are Back at it, talking BS 7671 Amendment 3

Aug 04, 2024•56 min

78: SparkyNinja/e5 podcast - Lightning protection with Dehn part 4

Originally recorded in June 2020. Dave, Paul and John are joined one last time by Sean from Dehn to discuss lightning protection and risk assessments. You can download the lightning protection guide we refer to here: https://www.dehn.co.uk/en-gb/downloads...

Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 10 min

73: SparkyNinja/e5 webinar - BS 7671 vs EaWR - Round 2

John Ward, Paul Meenan and I are joined by Paul Skyrme as we host the second part of a podcast going through the fundamental principles of BS7671 and cross referencing it with particular regulations from the Electricity at Work Regulations. This podcast is a great starting point for any spark wondering how to enhance their reporting skills and better inform their clients of how their EICR reports and similar can actually assist the client in understanding their position with the legislation....

Jun 02, 2022•2 hr 19 min

72: SparkyNinja/e5 webinar - BS 7671 vs EaWR - Round 1

John Ward, Paul Meenan and I are joined by Paul Skyrme as we host the first part of a podcast going through the fundamental principles of BS7671 and cross referencing it with particular regulations from the Electricity at Work Regulations. This podcast is a great starting point for any spark wondering how to enhance their reporting skills and better inform their clients of how their EICR reports and similar can actually assist the client in understanding their position with the legislation....

Jun 01, 2022•2 hr 2 min

70: The history of the wiring rules

The hosts of the e5 podcast host a webinar discussing the original draft of the wiring regulations, known as the wiring rules.

Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 17 min

69: Working with NET to help apprentices

I have done some work with NET developing an app to assist apprentices in their preparation for the AM2 assessment. https://www.netservices.org.uk/test-app/ e5 podcast returns and I am soon going to be doing some thermal imaging content.

Sep 29, 2021•10 min

67: BS 7671 Amendment 2, SPD selection with e5, 18th edition training and CPD opportunities with Schneider Electric

In this episode we discuss the upcoming deadline for commenting on the draft for BS 7671:2018 amendment 2 which is this coming Friday 11th December. We play a highlight discussion with the e5 guys discussing SPD selection in a Q&A with Professional Electrician magazine. What changes has Covid made to electrical training and are the changes going to stay. We briefly introduce the Schneider Electric partner portal as a great CPD resource.

Dec 04, 2020•34 min

66: A firefighters view on the premature collapse regulation - A SparkyNinja Webinar

This is a recording of a webinar given on the 7th April 2020. I strongly recommend you find the time to watch this on YouTube https://youtu.be/jm9AY_bt4Uk Phil puts his old firefighters hat on and discusses with us the introduction of the regulations regarding the measures to prevent premature collapse of wiring systems. We'll discuss the history which caused the regulation, the current applications and what its actually like to be in an installation with premature collapsed cabling. You can fin...

Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 36 min

65: Talking for 3 hours about EICR coding around SPDs

I'm joined by Paul Meenan, John Ward and Kirsty Johnson to talk about SPDs and some of the considerations we may have to make on EICRs. You can watch the vidoe here: https://youtu.be/oj7Y4wXTKHA

Sep 07, 2020•3 hr 1 min

64: 2396 qualification discussion

We get a lot of inquiries with regards to the 2396 design qualification and many people are failing the exam when they've gone to other training providers. So Phil and I wanted to discuss the qualification and go through the chief examiners reports to see what the common problems are.

Aug 17, 2020•1 hr 32 min

63: Inspection and testing, a discussion on observations and recommendations - A SparkyNinja Webinar

This is a recording of a webinar given on 2nd April 2020. In this webinar, Phil and I discuss inspection and testing from both perspectives in the classroom and out in the sector. We take a lot of comments from the great chat amongst the attendees and discuss them. To see any more upcoming webinars go to: https://sparkyninja.com/webinars twitter: https://twitter.com/Sparky_Ninja instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparky.ninja/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SparkyNinja/...

Apr 10, 2020•1 hr 7 min

62: Inspection and Testing, the missing tests - A SparkyNinja Webinar

This is the audio recording from a webinar hosted last week where Phil Watts and I discuss the inspection and testing process, and the tests that are either not carried out and reported effectively or are just outright missing from the inspection and testing training and reporting, including the model forms in BS 7671. The webinars can be found at: https://sparkyninja.com/webinars Social: twitter: https://twitter.com/Sparky_Ninja instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sparky.ninja/ Facebook: https...

Apr 07, 2020•1 hr 16 min

61: Time to bring a guest onto the podcast

It's time I bring my first guest on to the podcast and there is no one better than my old man, Phil Watts. In this podcast we get to know a bit about how he joined the electrical industry and some of his opinions on the training sector. There will be more podcasts coming up with Phil including: BS 7909 Inspection and testing Part P Fire - premature collapse, a station commanders perspective Sign up for interest with https://sparkyninja.com/ twitter: https://twitter.com/Sparky_Ninja instagram: ht...

Mar 23, 2020•28 min

60: Testing beyond the model form

When carrying out inspection and testing work it is easy to be persuaded into just carrying out the necessary tests required to fill in all those lovely little boxes on your certification modelled to BS 7671. However there are some tests which we should always be considering which are not given in the BS 7671 model, but are given in the BS 7909 model.. why is this and why is it so important that we always consider it? Well I had an example of this with a client just recently so thought now would...

Mar 15, 2020•15 min

59: What is e5?

It's been a couple of months break while I have enjoyed taking part with the e5 group on building up our podcast together, but it is time to put some work back into the SparkyNinja one. The e5 podcast will carry on, but there is so much to talk about from a training and development perspective and the SparkyNinja journey that both podcasts are going to be full of information. Be sure to catch the e5 podcast on all platforms as well.

Mar 14, 2020•25 min

58: CONNEXBOX/WAGOBOX - How to accommodate the new Wago 2273 and 221 series

#SparkyNinja #Free #Electricians #CPD When I went to a recent Elex I spoke with the people on the CONNEXBOX stall to talk about how they have innovated on methods for the newer small profile Wago devices to fit within their existing and upcoming WAGOBOX. In this video I briefly discuss the issue and show what CONNEXBOX have done to assit with this - this video is to raise awareness in case you are not aware of these inserts that CONNEXBOX provide, in which case you may risk non compliance with B...

Oct 31, 2019•12 min

57: Testing Hager RCCBs/RCDs UPDATE!

#SparkyNinja #Electricians #Free #CPD #18thEdition There has been some confusion and frustration with regards to testing Hager RCCB's after they chose t ocomply with BS EN 6008 with an alternative method of requirement to the norm - namely to 250mA test current. Electricians have been asking questions about how to test these devices and therefore Hager have announced a change to try to make the devices more suitable for the UK market. Sign up for interest with https://sparkyninja.com/ twitter: h...

Oct 30, 2019•7 min
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