coming up on this week's news in a horrific accident an electrician is paralyzed after
plunging 50 feet from an electricity pylon the bizarre electric vehicle charger that goes over
a pavement to reach your car and the electrical contractor from the Wirrel who beat sexism to
create a successful and thriving business welcome to electrical news weekly in association with
Schneider Electric whether you're listening in the van on site or down at the wholesale counter I'm
Joe Robinson and I've been through the best of the electrical industry news to save you the trouble
and as always if you think you've spotted the two words I've been challenged to slip into this
week's show comment them below for the chance to win a prize an electrician has been left paralyzed
from the waist down after plunging 50 feet from a pylon in a horror accident Gavin Pugh was rushed
to Hospital in Birmingham where he spent six months undergoing life-saving treatment the 34
year old had suffered a serious spinal injury and was left in a coma for two months following his
Rehabilitation viewers returned to Bangor North Wales to live with his parents the accident has
been made public now because Pew needs help in getting the specialist equipment he needs
to live independently a fundraising campaign has been set up by his mate David Jones and Jones is
set to complete the national Three Peaks challenge that's the three highest peaks of Scotland England
and Wales within just 24 hours he's raised over 2 400 pounds so far from the online appeal but he
urgently needs more there's a link to the fundraising page in the show notes now would
you recognize asbestos if you came across it on a job an awareness campaign about the dangers
of this deadly substance has just been launched it follows the Revelation that 30 percent of UK
electricians are exposed goes to it every single week asbestos is a gray fiber-like material once
used for insulation and other purposes it comes in sheets which are sometimes flat and sometimes
corrugated but it's always dangerous if you inhale its particles when you're drilling or
chasing exposure over a long period can lead to a cancer called mesothelioma tragically
one in 20 electricians know someone who's died from it and every week the deaths of 20 trades
people are attributed to asbestos with such severe consequences it's important to know the warning
signs of the disease Dr Rihanna mcclymond a doctor at Libby the digital healthcare provider tells
us that the key symptoms are a persistent cuff shortness of breath wheezing a pain in the chest
or shoulder tiredness and swollen or clubbed fingertips so if you experience any of these
and are concern that you've been in contact with asbestos please consult your GP straight away now
a couple of weeks ago we triggered a cacophony of comments when we told you about a trial in
bedfordshire of a simple but revolutionary idea to solve the problem of pedestrians tripping over
electric vehicle charging cables crossing the pavement the local Authority there is
allowing a company to run the cables in a simple Channel chased into the pavement but this week an
even more ingenious idea has hit the market London company nodum Industries has introduced the charge
Bridge which takes the cable over the pavement and over pedestrian's heads the patented idea uses a
rotating arm to take the cable safely to the car the company says that charge Bridge as it's called
has been designed for a typical British terraced house it eliminates the need for the expensive
groundworks required for on-street charging it also allows homeowners to use the cheapest
tariff possible to charge their vehicle another EV charging Innovation this week comes from Schneider
Electric it's unveiled a special EV charger that's designed for sharing the evlink pro AC allows a
number of drivers in the same apartment block or housing complex to use the charge point and it
keeps track of consumption the unit is rated with weather protection at ip55 and Vandal protection
at ik10 Schneider promises that electrical contractors will appreciate how the e-setup app
simplifies commissioning operation and maintenance the evlink pro AC also connects to ecostructure EV
charging expert the load management system so that facility managers and building owners can
keep track of everything in other product news this week Makita has launched two cordless work
lights which allow you to see what you're doing no matter what the conditions they're both compatible
with both Max X GT and lxt batteries they're also ip65 certified dust and water resistant the ml005
work light has three brightness settings at full brightness it delivers 3600 lumens that's over
twice as bright as a 100 watt incandescent light bulb it can give about three and a half hours of
continuous illumination on high mode the light is rated at a cool color temperature of 5000
Kelvin and it also has a controller with a memory function so it will return to the last brightness
setting when turned on still on lighting skull more has unveiled a wireless smart controller
for its LED tape it means you can set the mood or occasion instantly using your mobile phone it uses
the company's click Smart Plus app so you can turn the red green blue and white LEDs to any color you
choose there are three modes white color and music White mode allows control of the brightness of the
LED tape while the color mode lets you choose any color to create a range of lighting effect
with the click Smart Plus app open and set to music the LED tape will change color with the
music I can just see Gary Now using this to rock out to status quo in his man cave anyway I've
popped a link to this and indeed all the products featured here in the show notes in other lighting
news what's been called a super highway for bats has been unveiled in Denmark the street lights
along a stretch of road in Fredericksburg have been designed to have a minimal impact on the
local foraging bat population at the same time they provide the required looks and uniformity
levels to Road and cycle path standards the reason the local Authority uses red light is because it
doesn't disturb the bats and finally a whirl woman has spoken of her experience encountering sexism
and Prejudice during her 35 years working as an electrician Lisa Marie Evans the owner of
G Evans electrical started out as a six-year-old helping her Granddad Jerry who founded the firm
in 1983. Evans told her local newspaper that we're all globe that she enjoyed helping her
Grandad so much she'd actually bunk off school to do jobs for him by the time she was 16 she could
rewire a whole house Evans went on to score the highest Mark possible in her electrical
qualifications and after working for her Granddad she went to work for the council in a team of more
than one thousand men and it was there that she encountered sexism for the first time Evan says
that as a female electrician she has turned to put people's houses only to have the male
homeowners turn her away she's also had Builders patronize her and even try to rip her off in 2010
Evans fulfilled her granddad's Dream by taking over the family business and despite the sexism
she says that the majority of people love the novelty of a female electrician some customers
even invited her to their wedding we'd like to congratulate Lisa and the team at G Evans
electrical which is about to celebrate its 40th anniversary Evans motto be nice provide great
service but don't take any nonsense wise words to end on today coming up for me fix this week we're
live from lucico for our fortnightly live stream and we have a special guest joining us winner of
an efix 30 under 30 award Dale Hunter off of A10 electrical Solutions so make sure you're tuned
in to our YouTube channel on Wednesday at 8pm for that and we're not done with BG luceco for
the week stay firmly glued to our social media for a special event and announcement from their
headquarters in Telford later in the week we've also got all the usual content for you including
reviews of a handy new tool from nipex the next strip and it's getting darker earlier so we're
officially into lighting season with a look at a gorgeous and ingenious linear light fitting
from robust called The Horizon there's also the usual raft of q and A's and we make available
our latest free CPD on the subject of EV charge Point installation so if you're finding yourself
flummoxed by the subject make sure you keep checking the know-how page of efix.co.uk to
complete that if you think you know the words I've smuggled into this week's show pop you guys into
the comments and we'll dig out a goodie bag prize to the first to get the right answers last week's
words were cognizanti and introspective which were fairly blatant but a couple of completely
unintentional red herrings threw people off a bit and so the first person to get both correct
answers was James punchard so well done to you James click the link in the show notes to claim
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