Electrical Contracting News (ECN) September 2016 | Page 47
WIRING ACCESSORIES
SAFE ESCAPE
KEEP IT CLEAN
Maintaining a clean earth can
be vitally import for many items
of electrical equipment routinely
used in schools, laboratory
facilities and hospitals, for
example computers and
medical equipment.
All Crabtree clean earth
sockets have four earth
connections, two for the standard
‘dirty’ earth, and two others
for isolated high integrity clean
earth. With discrete 6mm2 terminals, wiring is made simpler and cross over
between the two earth sources is avoided. Additionally, as there are two
earth terminals for each earth connection, if one were to become loose or
disconnected, high integrity would be maintained though the other terminal.
Also, there is no earth link to remove to ensure the clean earth, and hence
there is less potential for error on installation.
A single gang switched and twin gang switched socket outlet are both available.
Crabtree also produces clean earth socket outlets conforming to MEIGaN
recommendations. These high quality products are available in deep blue,
clearly and indelibly marked with the text ‘Medical Equipment Only’. MEIGaN
sockets come in two gang, double pole switched and unswitched versions.
For further information visit: www.electrium.co.uk/crabtree
SWA has launched a new range of innovative Firefly fire safety clips. These fully meet the
requirements of the BS7671:2015 Wiring Regulations to secure all surface cables in escape routes,
preventing firefighters and people escaping burning buildings from becoming entangled.
The regulations, which came into effect from July 2015, prohibit non-metallic clips or plastic
trunking as the sole means of support.
The SWA Firefly range builds on the success of its stainless steel cable ties and the recently
launched FSC2 steel fire safety clips. Both FSC2 and Firefly clips are approved to BS5839-1 and
allow easy fixing through plastic trunking. FSC2 clips are specifically intended for 25x16mm trunking.
The Firefly clips have been specially developed with a new, flexible design to make them suitable
for all popular sizes of plastic trunking. Firefly clips feature rounded ends, preventing damage to
cables and injury to electricians. What’s more, their spring loaded design makes it straightforward to
add or remove cables in the months and years after installation. The full range will include a variety of
clips to secure cables both inside and outside trunking and conduits.
For further information visit: www.swaonline.co.uk
STAY CONNECTED
SAVE AND RECALL
Schneider Electric’s desk unit range combines modular design flexibility,
quality and ease of installation.
The comprehensive range has been engineered for commercial and
residential applications, to provide elegant and practical solutions for power
and data connectivity at work stations. Effortlessly blending design with
functionality, the new range can be fully customised and tailored to meet
customer demands and easily retrofitted in order to account for their changing
needs. The ease of installation significantly reduces the time of install by up
to 50 per cent. With an innovative modular approach to product design and
installation, the range ensures that customers can meet the demands of today
and tomorrow with equal ease, combining different functionality as and when
it is needed. Furthermore, with integrated USB chargers within the range, it
ensures that users remain constantly connected in today’s digital age.
For further information visit: www.schneider-electric.co.uk
Siemens has added a new universal dimmer to its
Gamma Instabus range.
In addition to standard dimmable lamps, this
high performance KNX dimmer is able to control
dimmable LED retrofit lamps. Dimmable LEDs
can light building areas with varying intensity. The
scene control integrated into the new universal
dimmer from Siemens allows brightness levels
for different situations to be saved and recalled
for later use. The universal dimmer dims 230V
LEDs in accordance with lamp manufacturer
specifications. Communication via the KNX
standard, which networks all building system
components, expands the potential uses of
dimmable lamps. The new universal dimmer
is particularly suited for high end residential
applications, hotel rooms, and formal spaces
in commercial buildings as well as for product
presentation applications in the retail industry.
The universal dimmer supports leading edge
or trailing edge control for resistive inductive and
capacitive loads. The device features automatic
load detection and does not require a minimum
load. It has two channels for a maximum output
load of 300W each, or one channel for a
maximum output load of 500W, and is powered
by the KNX bus voltage.
For further information visit:
www.siemens.com
SUPERIOR SENSITIVITY
GreenBrook has created a new range of 10mA
RCDs offering even more sensitive electrical
protection, giving ground breaking results.
This range is ideal for use in areas requiring extra
safety such as hospitals/medical areas, schools and
nurseries, and areas with small animals.
The BSEN standards require RCDs to
trip within 40ms; a typical trip speed of a
PowerBreaker RCD is less than 20ms, which
gives additional safety in the event of a hazard.
The superior sensitivity the 10mA range provides
also gives discrimination against nuisance upstream RCD tripping.
The first PowerBreaker RCD was brought to
the market back in 1975 and the PowerBreaker
brand is trusted by trade and consumers alike.
For further information visit:
www.greenbrook.co.uk
SPECIAL FEATURE
QUICK AND SIMPLE
For over 40 years, Gewiss has manufactured and sold more than 100
million socket outlets and plugs to the electro-technical community.
Gewiss recently completed its IEC 309 High Performance range of plugs
and connectors by introducing 63A-125A versions.
IEC 309 HP is a complete range of straight plugs, and straight and
flush mounting socket outlets offering an IP protection rating that exceeds
the electrical industry’s standards, tested to IP69.
An IP68 rating allows