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Local authority adopts low energy lighting making substantial savings
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 ... [more]
Three-phase distribution boards introduced by Havells
Havells launched a range of Type B (three-phase) distribution boards for commercial and industrial applications. They are designed specifically for the UK market and offer design features to make installation safe and easy. These include options with pre-wired meters to enable contractors to satisfy the metering requirements of Building Regulations Part L2 easily and economically. While Havells is a new name to the low voltage switchgear mar... [more]
Introducing Striped Circuit Wire from Cerro Wire
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 b... [more]
PULS UK's non-isolated step down DC DC converter converts input voltages to pre-settable output voltages
At present, linear regulators are commonly used to reduce DC supply voltages, but these operate by bleeding off excess power as heat and therefore waste a considerable amount of energy. The technology used in the PULS YD25.241 delivers much greater levels of efficiency and also dramatically reduces the heat generated within the host device. PULS UK's YD 25.241 is a non-isolated step down DC/DC converter that has the ability to convert input vo... [more]
PULS UK's new ML30 is one of the smallest 30W units on the market
PULS UK's new super-slim 24V 30W unit complements its range of high efficiency DIN Rail power supplies. The new MiniLine 30 measures a diminutive 22.5x75x91mm: 50% smaller than PULS’s standard ML30 unit. The MiniLine 30’s small size is matched by its price which is expected to be about 30% lower than the standard unit. PULS claims efficiency of up to 89.4% with full power operation available from a chilly -10°C up to a sizzling +60°C and <0... [more]
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