Latest electrical company news
Electricians will compete at the Skill M&E UK finals, being staged at Interbuild 2008 (Sunday 26th – Thursday 30th October at Birmingham’s NEC).
SkillELECTRIC is a challenge (alongside SkillPLUMB and SkillFRIDGE) organised as part of the wider Skill M&E initiative, facilitated by SummitSkills. The competitions seek to find the ‘best of the best’ mechanical and electrical engineers from the building services engineering sector and have been designed to promote industry-wide standards and skil... [more]
Conceived for a charity competition by ITlab, the green lamp is made in synthetic grass completely recyclable and low powered lamp.
The cube structure of the lamp gives it added versatility, letting it rest on the floor, on a table, suspended from the ceiling or coffee table version.
Grass-on allows green to be within sight no matter where you are indoors, night or day, and with minimal care and if for any reason you prefer more light, you can trim back the green to let more shine through.... [more]
Illuminex' new advanced emergency lighting Xscape family has been created to take full advantage of the latest in solid state light source and battery technologies. The Xscape family automatically self-tests to meet the monthly and annual testing of every single luminaire in the system required by BS EN 5266 part 1, Code of practice for the emergency lighting of premises.
The results of the BS 5266 tests are stored in local memory for recovery at a convenient time, either by using the "Wal... [more]
The Swedish National Electricity Safety Board tested the FEMTON clamp spot light and claims the construction of the lamp could create a risk of over-heating. IKEA customers who have bought a FEMTON clamp spot light have been asked to return it back to their local IKEA store where they will receive a full refund.
IKEA has received no reports or complaints from customers of incidents involving over-heating of the FEMTON spot light. However safety is always the highest priority at IKEA and there... [more]
The new 17th Edition of the IEE Wiring Regulations gives particular attention to protection in so-called Special Locations. These include, for example, swimming pools, marinas and other basins, as well as caravan and camping parks. In general, the requirements for these areas dictate the almost universal provision of residual current protection, typically in the form of an RCCB (residual current circuit breaker).
Choosing a suitable RCCB is, however, not always as easy as it may seem. Let’s f... [more]
The complexity of internal building environments demands that the Building Management Systems (BMS) satisfy rigorous criteria, both in terms of performance & reliability. Nobbs & Jones is constantly striving to improve its design process and as a result has decided to acquire an Electrical CAD (Computer-Aided Design) package and has selected after serious review IGE+XAO's SEE Electrical.
With three levels (Basic, Standard and Advanced) SEE Electrical can adapt from simple to the most complex ... [more]
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