2010 Autumn Schedule of Courses
The ECSSA has published their autumn 2010 schedule of training courses, including dates, locations and...
Voltimum News
Welcome to Voltimum's News area, updated daily with all the latest news from the electrical industry.
Alert Notice on Geminox Immersion Heaters
We have been requested by the National Consumer Agency to assist in locating Geminox Immersion Heaters which...
Register of Emergency Lighting Commissioners
A sub committee of NSAI is currently working on proposals for the creation of a Register of persons...
Caution Notice on Smoke Detectors
A member has brought to our attention a Caution Notice which comes in the box with EI mains powered smoke...
New Certification Process
CER has directed that new four part Completion Certs be prepared by ETCI and used by contractors when...
New Inspector Zones
A new Inspector, Jimmy Glynn, has been appointed to the Western Region to be responsible for much of the...
ECSSA discusses alternative sources of work
With little sign of an upturn in the construction industry, contractors should examine every potential...
ECSSA discusses downlighters
Once again we need to bring to contractors attention the dangers posed by Downlighers and the almost...
ECSSA discusses IS3217 Emergency Lighting
Fire Officers acting for local authorities have for some time expressed concern in relation to the validity of...
ECSSA discusses IS3218 Fire Alarms
IS3218:2009 has now been issued by NSAI and supersedes IS3218:1989. As in the case of Emergency Lighting, it...
Faulty RCD’s
We have had a succession of complaints from contractors in relation to fires and near misses caused by one...
Future regulation in the electrical contracting industry -...
Prior to 1992 there was no regulation of the Irish Electrical Contracting Industry, although a number of...
Future Regulation in the Electrical Contracting Industry
Prior to 1992 there was no regulation of the Irish Electrical Contracting Industry, although a number of...
Future Regulation of the Irish Electrical Industry - Plan...
Mike Marshall, Technical Director of ECSSA outlined the practical implications changes to the regulatory...
Phone Numbers on the ECSSA Website
The ECSSA website currently shows the names and addresses of all our members apart from those who have...
Telephone Surveys
Several contractors have phoned us recently reporting calls from an unidentified group carrying out a phone...
Commercial Disputes
One of the functions of ECSSA is to respond to Customer complaints against registered members. If we were to...
Overloading Domestic Sockets
We have had quite a few complaints from householders reporting damaged or burned sockets in new installations.
Damage to ESB Meters
The two photos reproduced here describe more vividly than a thousand words the damage which can be caused to...
Return of Certs to ECSSA
Contractors should be aware that once a Completion Cert is sent to the ECSSA Office, it will either be sent...
Wally Forde retires as Chief Inspector
Wally Forde joined ECSSA in 1998, having spent the previous forty years with ESB in Galway.
Overheating and damage of downlighters
The level of complaint which now exists in relation to overheating and damage caused by downlighters has...
Agri Certs
The recent availability of substantial Grant Aid for farm buildings has seen a considerable increase in the...
Polarity - An important check that is often ignored by...
An important check which is often ignored by contractors when connecting new houses is the verification of...