Article archive for ACI - Approved Cables Initiative
ACI and ECA launch code of practice (23 December 2011)
The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) has joined with the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) to launch a guide for contractors to help avoid common pitfalls when ordering cable.
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Online purchase uncovers dangerous cable (14 December 2011)
Following news stories concerning the discovery of counterfeit products in the run up to Christmas, the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) is warning contractors and the public to take care when making online purchases of cable. This follows the recent discovery of electric cable from China, which spectacularly failed to comply with the requirements of British Standards.
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Winter warning on arctic grade cable (16 November 2011)
With the possibility of another severe winter forecast, the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) is advising contractors and distributors to check their cable choices carefully in light of the discovery last year of faulty arctic grade cable supplied into the UK market. Arctic grade cable, which is usually yellow or blue in colour, is often used on construction sites to provide temporary outdoor power supplies and in some indoor applications such as cold stores.
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ACI and ECA launch code of practice (11 October 2011)
The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) has joined forces with the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) to launch a guide for contractors to help avoid pitfalls when ordering cable.
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The association of welding distribution (AWD) and PVC welding cable issues (17 June 2011)
The Association of Welding Distribution (AWD) has been made aware by the Approved Cables
Initiative (ACI) of problems arising from undersized PVC welding cable being sold to UK
manufacturing.
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BBC’s Fake Britain exposes defective cable (16 May 2011)
Television presenter Dom Littlewood will raise the stakes in the Approved Cable Initiative’s battle to beat defective cable when the extent of the problem is highlighted to viewers of BBC One’s Fake Britain programme on Thursday 26th May.
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ACI reveals defective cable found in DIY stores (27 April 2011)
The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) has announced that as part of its ongoing market surveillance it has found several samples of defective cable on sale in two national DIY chain stores.
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ACI campaign receives international recognition for its work (01 March 2011)
The Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) is generating international support for its campaign to stamp out faulty and substandard cables.
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