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BORRI'S POWER SOLUTIONS TO LIGHT UP DATA CENTRE SHOW
Leading Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) specialists, Borri Ltd, will be making its UK exhibition debut at the 2012 Data Centre World Conference & Expo, 29th February - 1st March 2012, at the Olympia National Hall, London, Stand Number A75, showcasing a wide selection of its high efficiency UPS solutions. The show is the perfect platform for Borri to demonstrate how it can deliver efficiency without compromise and help data centres explore a... [more]
Design flexibility improved by one-piece board-to-board connector from TE Connectivity
Introducing TE Connectivity's sleek one-piece compressive board-to-board (BtB) connector, which enables connecting to a locally gold-plated secondary board by compression of the contacts. It is also scalable in a number of positions, height and pitch, which enhances design flexibility and has been adopted by major mobile device manufacturers. This compressive BtB connector, made of high temperature thermal plastic and copper alloy, comes with ... [more]
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]
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