Cost of installed solar photovoltaic systems drops significantly
13 March, 2009
According to a US survey, the cost to deploy solar energy systems has reduced significantly over the past decade, paving the way for more market acceptance of this alternative energy source.
HPM Legrand opens new distribution centre
12 March, 2009
HPM Legrand has set up a new national distribution centre as a centralised location from which to distribute products across Australia.
Archicentre warns of hot weather stress on electrical wiring
16 February, 2009
Recent hot weather is placing condiserable load on electrical wiring in homes, but exposing some residents to the risk of fires due to sub-standard or inadequate installations.
Identifying faulty portable electrical tools and equipment
16 February, 2009
A safety bulletin recently issued by WorkSafe Victoria, stressing the importance of testing and tagging, highlights a business opportunity for the electrical industry.
Harmonic filtering solutions for VSDs
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: NHP Electrical Engineering Products Pty Ltd
NHP’s Advanced Active Front End/Regenerative VSD solutions produce a very low level of harmonic distortion in addition to providing benefits for managing regenerative energy back into the mains power grid.
Noise suppression chokes
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Westek Electronics Pty Ltd
Schaffner noise suppression chokes cover symmetrical (differential) and asymmetrical (common-mode) noise suppression.
Rack-mountable hot air exhaust system
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: LeisureTech Electronics Pty Ltd
The Cool-Stack III, manufactured by Active Thermal Management, is a rack-mountable one-unit high hot air exhaust system that utilises four 120 mm fans that are claimed to pull up to 70 cfm of hot air out from tightly packed racks, while generating low noise levels of 26 dB. Heated air is exhausted through the perforated front panel, or exhaust fittings and tubing provided with the unit, to move hot air away from a cabinet.
Crimp lugs for flexible cables
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Crimp-Tech Australia Pty Ltd
Dual System by Elpress AB is designed for crimping copper lugs onto flexible or welding cables. The copper lug is first crimped with a conventional hexagonal crimp, then, while the hex dies are still closed, a sequential indent crimp is performed.
High-immunity RCDs
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: ABB Australia Pty Ltd
The AP-R range of residual current devices (RCDs) is designed with high-immunity characteristics to overcome the problems associated with unwanted tripping due to overvoltages of atmospheric or operational origin in domestic, commercial and industrial systems where service continuity is essential.
Power transfer switch
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Eaton Electrical (Australia) Pty Ltd
Eaton has expanded its ePDU rack power distribution range with the 16 A single-phase Powerware eATS rackmounted automatic transfer switch.
Load break switches
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: NHP Electrical Engineering Products Pty Ltd
The Sirco M range of modular load-break switches and accessories manufactured by Socomec is a modular switching concept, covering the range 16-125 A and combining seamlessly with the existing Socomec range of load-break switches to offer solutions to a variety of power switching and control applications, ranging from 16 to 4000 A.
Stainless steel cable tray
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Pentair
The Hoffman Clean Tray range of UL Type 1 stainless steel cable tray for power and data cable management in sanitary food and beverage processing and packaging environments has been expanded to include additional fittings and sections for easier installation and optimal sanitary performance.
Benchtop drop saw
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Power Machinery Pty Ltd
The Willy 225 industrial strength sawing machine is a small bench-model sawing machine that is built entirely from cast iron and features bronze gear, case-hardened grounded worm screw and screw-locked swivelling head for mitre cuts of 0 to 45° left.
SDR-240 DIN rail power supplies
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: ADM Instrument Engineering Group
The SDR-240 is the first model in the Meanwell Slim DIN rail product series of DIN rail power supplies. The slim design of 63.5 mm in width saves space on the rail and makes it 42% smaller in size in comparison to its predecessor model.
Tradies’ Bluetooth headset
03 February, 2009 | Supplied by: Plantronics Pty Ltd
The Explorer 370 is a ruggedised Bluetooth headset designed to withstand harsh conditions so outdoor workers and tradespeople can answer calls and continue working.
