Electrical Appliances and Lighting Blog

Whether you specialise in general, automotive, back, sign, or medical lighting, the industry continues to change and grow exponentially. It is estimated that by 2020 the general lighting and automotive lighting markets will be worth 83 and 18 billion EUR respectively. In order to stay competitive, organizations will have to deploy new strategies to help them stand out from the competition and deliver products that are highly efficient and safe to use.

Christmas tree lights safety

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about taking their Christmas decorations out of storage. With help from electrical safety testing colleagues in our Loughborough lab, we bring you a series of videos on the dos and don’ts of Christmas tree light safety and the potential hazards that can occur when safety procedures aren’t followed.

Our Christmas tree light safety series provides five bitesize videos focusing on different elements of safety to help ensure you stay safe this Christmas! Happy viewing and Merry Christmas from everyone at BSI!

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Raising the safety of Travel Adaptors with British Standard BS8546

Travel adaptors - many of us have at least one, hidden in a draw at home. For most of us this innocuous item gets dragged out each year for our annual holiday. Some of us buy a new one at the airport because we couldn’t find the one we bought last year. We use them with our laptops, mobile phones, hair straighteners etc. and don’t give them a second thought, and that is a shame because we should.

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