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Heat pump grants face the chop, a cable recall raises fire-performance concerns,

...and dangerous electrical work lands two Irish tradesmen in court.

...Plus smarter lighting controls, an apprentice tool giveaway and a sparky chasing a £501,000 checkout against Luke Littler.

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Electrical News Weekly 221 | 19 October 2026
Presented by Joe Robinson, in association with Shelly.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Electrical News Weekly headlines
00:47 Heat pump grants face possible cuts
01:28 Eight-figure settlement after pylon fall
02:36 Irish courts tackle unsafe electrical work
04:00 Aginode cable recall
04:34 Heat pump RCD protection with Lewden
05:34 Cucumber lighting controls and unwanted switching
06:58 Metway lever-terminal lighting control modules
07:23 Chumpfix free key fob offer
07:59 Knipex apprentice and college giveaway
08:48 Paul Russells smoked globe lamps
09:11 Sparky aims to take on Luke Littler
09:59 Partners and challenge words
11:05 Fox ESS weather and solar outlook


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The Brown Book bows out on 15 October...

Irish solar firms face a bid rigging investigation

...and a fatal ladder incident brings a suspended jail sentence.

Plus turning cable offcuts into cash, Stelrad’s electric column radiators and a solar-powered school run.

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Electrical News Weekly 220 | 12 October 2026
Presented by Joe Robinson, in association with Shelly.

CHAPTERS
00:00 Electrical News Weekly headlines
00:43 Wiring Regs Amendment 4 and the Orange Book
02:06 Irish solar firms face bid rigging investigation
03:00 Suspended sentence after fatal ladder incident
03:57 Greencable expands cable recycling collections
04:49 Stelrad Column Electric radiators
05:33 Paul Russells gold vase lamp
06:11 An electrician’s solar rickshaw school run
06:48 Doncaster Cables
07:05 Challenge words and last week’s result
07:43 Fox ESS weather and solar outlook
09:34 Thanks for watching


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Tesla Powerwall 2 fire warning, EAS qualification changes and a fake MCS portal targeting installers. Plus aluminium cable terminations, a 22kW FastAmps charger and the latest electrical products.

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Electrical News Weekly 219 | 5 October 2026
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Electrical News Weekly headlines
00:46 Tesla Powerwall fire warning puts installers on replacement duty
02:32 DeWalt takes the knocks so work can carry on
02:47 EAS changes put your qualifications under scrutiny
04:07 Fake MCS portal goes fishing for installers’ bank details
05:10 Aluminium cable savings can unravel at the lug
06:16 A consumer unit could be your ticket to Vegas
06:48 FastAmps steps up to 22kW without piling on complexity
07:35 TRT tackles the costly business of tunnel maintenance
08:34 Eltako squeezes import and export metering into three modules
09:26 Paul Russells puts a little DNA in the pendant
09:57 Spark grows a pumpkin that needs a forklift
10:48 Partners and challenge-word winner
11:48 Fox ESS weather and solar outlook
13:38 Thanks for watching

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