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Cerro Wire: Cerro Wire Introduces Steel Pulling Grips

(23/01/2012)

Cerro Wire LLC, a leading manufacturer of copper electrical building wire and cable, introduces a complete range of wire equipped with RectorSeal single-use steel pulling grips, the simple, reliable, and durable single-use wire pulling tool that reduces set up time and lets you pull up to four times more wire per day. Pulling grips eliminate waste, saving time and money, especially on larger commercial jobs. Rated for use on THHN and XHHN wire, these steel pulling grips reduce total set up t... [more]

Channel Safety Systems: New level of affordable, professional residential smoke detectors thanks to RESitech from Channel Safety Systems

(20/01/2012)

Channel Safety Systems, fire detection specialists, launched the new RESitech range of smoke detectors, designed for residential homes, small commercial premises and houses of multiple occupation. Manufactured by experts with over 35 years’ experience, RESitech is designed to be cohesive, easy to install and to meet relevant legal requirements in fire safety for residential properties. The RESitech range consists of an array of different alarm detection options including: optical smoke, ion... [more]

Cystic Fibrosis Trust: Opus Energy employees raise £20,034 for Cystic Fibrosis Trust

(13/12/2011)

Opus Energy, the Northampton and Oxford-based energy supplier, has raised a grand total of £20,034 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust which its employees will present to the Trust in Opus’ Northampton office (Royal Pavilion, 2 Summerhouse Road) at 11am on Monday. Presenting a cheque to the Trust will be Cara Kelly, Luke Spencer and Jamie Cooper, Opus Energy employees who each undertook fundraising activities, contributing to the total sum raised of £20,034. Credit Co-ordinator Cara Kelly comple... [more]

Chalmor Ltd: Local authority adopts low energy lighting making substantial savings

(08/12/2011)

A Nottinghamshire local authority, which won the 2011 Low Carbon Council of the Year* award, is the latest to upgrade to ‘intelligent’ energy-saving lighting from Chalmor Limited for two of its largest town centre car parks. Mansfield District Council is making savings of £22,569 and 132.88 tonnes of CO2 per year by using Chalmor’s low energy lighting with motion and photo controls. This has been installed in the Four Seasons shopping centre car park and the Walkden Street car park, which j... [more]

CEGID - Consumer Energy Display Industry Group : The new Consumer Energy Display Industry Group will help consumer understand energy usage

(30/11/2011)

Energy displays have proven highly successful in helping consumers to reduce electricity consumption. The recently published Empower Demand report from VaasaETT, Global Energy Think Tank compared the results of trials around the world and found average annual electricity savings of 8.68% for customers supplied with IHD’s. BEAMA, British Electrotechnical and Allied Manufacturers Association, launched the Consumer Energy Display Industry Group (CEDIG). Consumer energy displays include a r... [more]

Cerro Wire LLC: Introducing Striped Circuit Wire from Cerro Wire

(18/11/2011)

In order to help electrical contractors meet the needs of facility owners driven by changes in the 2008 National Electrical Code (NEC®), Cerro Wire LLC, a leading manufacturer of copper electrical building wire and cable, has announced that it will provide THHN striped circuit wire. Section 210.4 (B) requires that “multiwire branch circuits” be provided with a means of simultaneously disconnecting all ungrounded or phase conductors where the branch circuit originates. To avoid being consider... [more]