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FREE Issue 28 | July / August 2017 the magazine & website for the Irish Electrical Industry Free your sockets and charge all your devices Now available with 3.1A USB output Find the perfect USB solution for you, visit www.USBeautiful.co.uk LIT Eastern Electrical Hager Grow your Own Electrical Engineer Open New Branch in Cavan Value the Bigger Picture To subscribe to this magazine, please contact us at [email protected] | website: www.electric.ie d>dZ/ hŶŝƚ&ϮΘ&ϯtĞĂƚŚĞƌǁĞůů ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐWĂƌŬ͕ dĞĐŚŶŝĐĂů ůŽŶĚĂůŬŝŶ͕ƵďůŝŶ͕ϮϮ,Eϯϲ dĞů͗ϬϬϯϱϯϭϰϱϳϮϰϰϱ ĞdžĐĞůůĞŶĐĞƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŵĂŝů͗ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐĂůΛƚĞĐ͘ŝĞ ŝŶŶŽǀĂƚŝŽŶ ǁǁǁ͘ƚĞĐĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ͘ŝĞ s/^/dKhZEt/DWZKs t^/dt/d,h^dKDZ KZZ/E'KE>/E ǁǁǁ͘ƚĞĐĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐ͘ŝĞ ^ƉĞĐŝĂůƚĞƌŵƐĂŶĚĐŽŶĚŝƚŝŽŶƐĨŽƌŽƌĚĞƌƐƉůĂĐĞĚŽŶůŝŶĞ͘ WůĞĂƐĞĐŽŶƚĂĐƚƵƐĨŽƌĨƵƌƚŚĞƌĚĞƚĂŝůƐ͘ contents 5 Luceco Free your Sockets and Charge All your Devices AP Haslam launch New Catalogue 36 Hager value the Bigger Picture 8 Siemens and Engineers Ireland offer Technology 39 Rointe bring the summer home Training 41 Eastern Electrical open new branch in Cavan 10 NCI College get great results with Ansell Lighting 42 Rittal European Product Roadshow visits Ireland 13 Grow your Own Industrial Electrical Engineer with LIT 45 The Thorneco Roadshow tours Ireland 14 EDL Prepare for Testing Times Ahead 47 Big crowds at CEF Live 16 Click Litehouse provide Flexible, Modular Grid Solutions 49 The RS Live Experience 19 Lightning Protection Earthing Systems from ABB 50 Safe Electric Roadshow Review 21 Schneider Electric - Turning the Smartphone 51 WEEE Ireland partner with PV Cycle Generation into Industrial Automation Engineers 55 Eaton Mobile Tech Days 22 Ventilux offer Emergency Lighting Solutions 57 Mitsubishi Electric add Advanced Monitoring 25 Easy Cable and Conductor Guiding from Phoenix Capabilities Contact 61 Cavan/Navan Trade Counters 27 Minimalistic Designs from Glamox 62 EIFI News 29 Precision Cables - Ready for the New Cable Standards 63 Golf Round-Up 30 EIFI Electric Gathering Lunch & Awards 2017 64 Appointments 34 Aurora Lighting gets to work in Industrial Areas 65 IEBA Corner Grow your Own Industrial Electrical Engineer Ansell Achieves Great Results in NCI Free your Sockets & Charge All your Devices Page 13 Page 10 Page 5 ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 1 • Returned Safe-Edge Bodies • Integral Couplers & Fish Plate sAa • Only 2 Fastenings needed for Quick Coupling • Possibility to Torque Guarantees Safe Edge Electrical Continuity • Part Number ID Integral • IP4X Interlock Lid for Trunking Coupler Part ID Safe Edge IP4X Lid Integral Coupler LSN’s LSN’s Part ID TRUNKING & CABLE TRAY MADE IN IRELAND Steel Cable Containment Products from Excel Electric Group 3 Competitive Price 3 Quick Install Design 3 High Quality 3 Specials Available Excel Works, Phone: +353(0)1 4500600 Bluebell Avenue, E-mail: [email protected] Certified to ISO 9001:2008 Dublin 12 www.excelelectric.ie and EMDA Quality Charter 2 ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • electric.ie Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd., editorial Excel Electric Centre, Bluebell Avenue, Dublin 12 Tel: (01) 4080256 [email protected] Reg. Dublin: 512293 Our Team Cel O’Reilly and Jimmy Whan Colin Sherlock Another great day for IEBA at the annual golf event in Powerscourt Sales & Marketing Manager Layout/Design on 21st June. Thanks to the sponsorship support the outing made an [email protected] important contribution to the funds of the IEBA. The Cork branch of IEBA also enjoyed great industry support for their golf day in Lee Valley. Do you know someone in our industry who needs support? IEBA is always there to help. The lead-up to the summer has been a busy few months, with many distributors going on Tour and bringing their Roadshows across the country. Taking to the road were Eaton, RS, Rittal, Thorneco. We have good reports on all these events. Wholesalers were also busy. The CEF Live event at NEC Birmingham attracted record attendance in the UK. Hilary Raeside Administration Congratulations to Eastern Electrical on the opening their new branch [email protected] in Cavan. The opening was celebrated with a very successful trade show by industry suppliers which attracted a big attendance of trade visitors. In this issue we bring you details of Limerick Institute of Technology’s newly developed 2-year work-based apprenticeship course designed for companies that wish to upskill their Electricians to become Electrical Industrial Engineers. This is an area where companies have had ƥ ǡ DISCLAIMER see a career progression path for electricians. The college is now open Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. accept no respon- for registrations. siblity for the accuracy of contributed articles or statements appearing in this publication. AN IMPORTANT DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: PRINTED IN IRELAND While the summer may bring a little break for some, the EIFI will be By Turner’s Printing Co. Ltd busy organising the annual EIFI Electric Gathering Lunch. Once again Electric.ie is published by we will be back in the Red Cow Moran Hotel his year bringing all sectors Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. of our industry together. The magazine is circulated throughout Ireland and is available on wholesale trade counters This year will be special. We will launch the EIFI Electrical Industry and from representatives of electrical distributors who are members Awards to recognise quality, performance and achievement within the of EMDA Irish Electrical Industry. Further details of the event can be found on page 30. Book now to support your industry. The editor welcomes: contributions of technical papers, information on new products, details of Become part of this great event by nominating your choices in the installation projects and all editorial input of various categories. 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