Safety
Welcome to the Sparks Blog on the topic of Safety. Purchasing an item on our website is one thing, installing it or using it properly and safely is another thing.
Via this section, you can find much information related to things such as Electrical Safety and Fire Safety.
We want our customers to be safe when they install and use the products we sell on our website, and both the safety bodies in the UK and the manufacturers have an abundance of caution and advice on this topic.
If there is any advice related to the safety and security of our products that you require, please advise via email or by contacting us.
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fire rated lights and downlights; the technology
Many of us have heard of the fire rated lights for ceilings, and we may have a lot of questions...
Fire safety and fire design - stages 5, 6 and 7
In the series of Fire safety design, below there are the last 3 stages: Choice and siting of alarm...
Standards and regulations for smoke and heat alarms - how do they affect me?
In this article we would like to inform you about what does the British standard BS5389...
IP rating in the bathrooms - bathroom IP zoning
Explaining what is the IP rating in the bathrooms and the chart introducing the difference bathroom IP zoning and what are the IP ratings.
RCD - residual current device; RCDs and examples
What is RCD? The simple definition as given here is: What current flow goes in must also come out....
Fire Design, further stages - stage 2 and 3; fire safety
This article is a continuation of the Fire Safety Design stage 1, and continues with Fire Design...
Fire Design - fire safety design, stage 4 - Siting automatic detectors
In this article, which is a continuation of the Fire Safety Design stages 1, 2, and 3, you can...
Fire systems and the first step in fire design
Comparison between conventional and analogue addressable systems The conventional system A...
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IP - index of protection (against solid objects or against liquids)
The index of protection - the IP - is an essential characteristic of most of the electrical...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - the landlord's responsibility
Every winter, people across the UK are injured, and even killed, by Carbon Monoxide(CO) poisoning....