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Earthing and Lightning Protection in Needham Market
Wood Electrical LTD, a team of electrical contractors based in Ipswich, covers earthing and lightning protection in Needham Market and the rest of East Anglia. Earthing gives fault current a safe path to the ground, protecting people and equipment, and lightning protection gives a strike a controlled route to earth.
What does earthing actually do?
Earthing gives fault current a safe path to the ground, protecting staff from shocks and machinery from harm. It is also what allows protective devices to disconnect quickly when something goes wrong.
A lightning protection system carries a strike safely down to ground, normally via rods, conductors and earth electrodes. Wood Electrical LTD installs and maintains earthing and lightning protection on industrial sites.
Do you need EICr for home insurance?
Not usually for an ordinary home policy, although some insurers ask about the electrics and landlord policies are more likely to require one. The policy wording is what counts, so check it rather than assuming.
Why does the RCD keep tripping?
A tripping RCD is doing its job: it has seen current leaking. Often an appliance is to blame, sometimes moisture in an outdoor fitting, sometimes a damaged cable. Pushing it back up every time does not deal with the cause.
Finding a fault is careful, step by step testing: circuits are isolated in turn and tested with the right instruments until the fault is pinned down. Fault finding is Wood Electrical LTD work, domestic through to industrial.
What qualifications do I need to test emergency lighting?
The monthly check can be done by a competent person on site who has been shown how. The annual test and certification are normally left to a qualified electrician. Wood Electrical LTD installs emergency lighting to BS 5266.
What is the difference between testing and commissioning?
Testing proves an installation meets the emergency lighting testing Felixstowe safety standards and works as intended. Commissioning is the step that makes sure everything is calibrated and ready to run. Neither should be skipped before a system goes into use.
Maintenance is what keeps it that way: inspection, servicing and fault finding before small problems become outages. Wood Electrical LTD carries out testing, commissioning and maintenance for commercial premises and industrial sites.
Wood Electrical LTD takes emergency calls from Needham Market and across East Anglia 24/7, 365 days a year. Call 07727 055015 for earthing and lightning protection.
Wood Electrical LTD
Unit 14, Brookhouse Business ParK, Ipswich IP2 0EF, United Kingdom
Phone: 07727 055015
Website: www.woodelectrical.co.uk
Electrical contractors in Ipswich, Suffolk, for homes, businesses and industrial sites.