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Standard’s G9 lamps offer bright and crisp white light in a very compact profile, while minimizing energy and maintenance costs, and generating less heat compared to halogen equivalents. Available in 3 colour temperatures, they are perfect for chandeliers, small spaces and give a wide beam of light.
Klein Tools’ expanded and enhanced holemaking product lineincludesbi-metal hole saws, double-fluted step drill bits and wood boring bits...
Arlington’s Round Cut-in Floor Box Kits offer a low cost, convenient way to install a duplex receptacle flush with the floor, including existing wood and concrete floors.
Standard has launched a new line of Integrated LED Recessed Solutions under the FlexLED brand. These premium grade integrated LED recessed solutions offer exceptional luminosity, ease ofinstallation and flexibility in a variety of installations.
Hammond Manufacturing’s 1590 Stomp die-cast aluminum enclosures accept the most commonly used switches for stomp box applications. Stomp boxes, also known as guitar effect pedals, are, as the name suggests, foot-operated equipment used by electric guitarists to produce preset effects such as distortion, wah-wah, delay, chorus and phaser. Many players will have a bank of up to 20 stomp boxes, each providing a different effect.
BendWorks is a first-of-its-kind software program available for Autodesk Revit and Revit MEP that helps designers optimize conduit runs more efficiently...
New requirements for reducing energy consumption in commercial buildings are here. Standards such as Title 24 and ASHRAE now require that at least 50% of all receptacles in a building are“controllable”— automatically turning themselves off and on as needed.
Hubbell Building Automation has launched an intelligent lighting control that simplifies installation with auto-configuration. The NX Room Controller provides energy-code compliance right out of the box. The NXRoom Controller integrates automatic and manual control of lighting. Auto-configuration provides an easy and affordable way to meet energy codes, including California's Title 24 and ASHRAE 90.1. No network or software is required to set up the unit. Users benefit from intuitive energy-saving control over the lighting in their space.
Siemens Canada’s First Surge, a new commercial class total home protection family, offers increasing robustness capabilities, low clamping voltage performance and worry free audible alarm notification...
TaskMaster™ is a game-changing innovation from Ilsco.
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E.B. Horsman & Son Named one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies
E.B. Horsman & Son (EBH), one of the fastest-growing, independently owned full-line electrical distributors in Western Canada, announced that it is a 2020 winner of the Canada’s Best Managed Companies Platinum Club designation, having retained its Best Managed status for 11 consecutive years.
During the past year, the company remained successful amidst changing market conditions by focusing on its six pillars: operational excellence, growth and expansion, talent management and development, collaboration and communication, enhanced customer experience and market awareness.
Company Supply Chain, Production and Policy COVID-19 Updates
Below Electrical Industry News Week has collected the latest updates from companies in the industry. The majority are not experiencing major impacts with respect to supply chain and production, but are implementing changes to adhere to the recommendations of the World Health Organization, Health Canada and Center for Disease Control.
This list will continue to be updated as companies update their current situation.
Latest Articles
So You Want to Upgrade to Wi-Fi 6?
I once took a class where the professor would explain concepts in two ways. First, he would dive into the mathematics behind the idea, filling the whiteboard with equations and showing how they all related to one another. He tagged this “for the engineers,” Then, he would explain the concept again, but this time, with no math at all. This he said, was “for the poets.”
So why is datacom cabling twisted, but power cabling is not? It’s all about bandwidth. Power signals are of such low frequencies that they don’t need to worry about bandwidth, but datacom cables do.
IDEAL Networks Issues Advice on Overcoming Common PoE Challenges
As many different applications increasingly adopt Power over Ethernet (PoE) devices, such as phones, cameras, lighting, access controls, IDEAL Networks offers advice to help IT technicians handle everyday PoE troubleshooting scenarios.
“There are clear benefits of PoE for many applications, but with standards changing all the time, it can present challenges for IT technicians and cable engineers,” explains Tim Widdershoven, Marketing Director for IDEAL Networks. “Consider a Voice over IP (VoIP) phone, for example. If it doesn’t have a sticker which specifies what standard is required, technicians may not know whether the measured power passes or fails.”
New Digital Voltage Phasing Meter from Cementex
Cementex has introduced a new Digital Voltage Phasing Meter Set, ideal for measuring overhead and underground voltages. The new Digital Voltage Phasing Meter Set handles 0–40 kilovolts (kV) and can be used on higher voltages up to 240 kV if used with additional pairs of extension resistors. The device automatically adjusts the voltage display to match resistors if used.
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Will West Top Apprentice for Canada A Region at 2019 Ideal Nationals
By Blake Marchand
Will West is a first-year apprentice working in the solar industry with Hakai Energy Solutions. Will was able to qualify for the Ideal Industries 2019 National Championships as the top apprentice from the Canada A Region.
Held from November 7th to 9th in Orlando, Florida and aired on ESPN 2, the Ideal National Championships gives electricians a chance to display their skills in a high-level competition. The event expanded internationally for the first time this year — over 55,000 electricians from 5 countries attempted to qualify for a chance to compete in the championship event.
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