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DirecElec launches online store for electrical protection devices

DirecElec offers single source shopping for soundly engineered and competitively priced circuit breakers, consumer units and other electrical safety wiring accessories. The company has now launched their online store for electrical protection devices. The web site has been designed to be easy to use. It offers a full range of consumer units, miniature circuit breakers, residual current operated breakers, isolation switches and other essential... [more]

Test your RCDs regularly to be protected against electric shock

An RCD is a Residual Current Device. Usually it is a big switch in your fuse board but it can be next to the fuse board or somewhere else. It is usually as wide as two of the normal switches and it has an on/off switch and an important little plastic button with a ‘T’ embossed on it. Without going into the boring technical stuff what it does is monitor the flow of electricity around the circuits it is guarding. As soon as it gets even a minute sn... [more]

FDB Electrical announces IP65 rated FDB 19 heavy duty electrical protection units

FDB Electrical have recently announced their IP65 rated FDB 19 series for applications throughout industry from construction sites, mines and quarries, to the protection of stage lighting systems where thyristor spikes can trip conventional RCDs. FDB 19 series is a range of heavy duty electrical protection units designed to overcome inherent earth leakage or inrush currents. The units combine a variable sensitivity and time delay RCD, together... [more]

IEI Technology releases complete range of Industrial Data Collection Devices

IEI Technology Corp. has introduced a series of multiport serial communication cards, CAN communication cards, data acquisition cards, SystemArchrand RFID systems as industrial data collection devices designed for complete system integration. The devices are designed for home and building automation, intelligent transportation systems, ATMs, vending machines, parking lots, factory automation, machine automation, medical facilities and other indus... [more]

ADS and Associates celebrated 10th anniversary

ADS and Associates have celebrated 10 years in the business. It all began when David Steward and his wife Anne joined up with installation experts Mike and Damien to form ADS & Associates Ltd. on July 6th 1999. Within its first 8 years, the company doubled its installation size and quadrupled its turnover, establishing itself as one of the leading lightning protection companies in Ireland. However, they have purposefully kept it a small team o... [more]