Electrical Contracting News (ECN) October 2016 | Page 41
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MESSING ABOUT ON THE RIVER
Bill Haut is the owner of Urb Refurb Ltd who specialise in renovation projects.
Ben Sanigar is an account manager and CEF Aspire Graduate from the Docklands branch.
Urb Refurb have been working on a river
barge project which has been converted
into a house boat and is now on the
market through Harrods Estates with a
value of £1.38m.
During the project, company owner
Bill and his partner encountered many
obstacles to overcome, all of which
required a different approach. One
such problem was replacing the existing
traditional surface mounted lighting with
flush mounted LED lighting, all in a ceiling
void of only 35mm in depth. Bill had
already seen several different types of LED
downlight – all of which were unsuitable.
Ben introduced the E-Matic product
range of circular LED panels which were
demonstrated to be only 11.5mm in depth.
The ceiling void would also accommodate
the LED driver which would be of further
benefit to the ease of installation. 72 of
the ELED85 were subsequently ordered &
promptly delivered next day.
Bill commented, ‘The ELED85 is
a perfect retrofit replacement for this
application as the white frame finish and
the white diffuser fits in exactly with the
white minimalist appearance I wanted for
the project.’ It was also mentioned that
he liked the fact that the actual LED chip
can’t be seen through the diffuser.
Urb Refurb has already started on
a second project of a similar nature
and will definitely be using the
E-Matic ELED85 on this and future
projects where large energy
savings and a quick return on
investment are required.
Many of the materials and
equipment used on these
projects tend to be specialist and
can often cost extra because of
the nature of the project. Bill was
delighted with the quality and the price of
the ELED85, as well as the service offered
by Ben and the CEF Docklands branch.
Lastly, Bill mentioned that all marine
craft are limited to what amperage they
can use for their loading – small to medium
craft are limited to 16 amps and larger
craft are limited to 32 amps. The energy
saving aspect of the E-Matic range, with
just 3.0 watts per unit, was an important
factor in the decision to purchase and
frees up much needed power for the other
installed systems on the boat.
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08/09/2016 12:04