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The new ABB Busch-ComfortTouch panel offers the sophistication of intelligent building control in an...
Voltimum News
Welcome to Voltimum's News area, updated daily with all the latest news from the electrical industry.
Rotary switches from Eaton's Moeller meet ATEX...
ATEX T rotary switches and P switch-disconnectors up to 100 A from Moeller are suitable for use with equipment...
Nexans new product launch - HYPRON®
Nexans launches HYPRON®, a new environmentally friendly alternative to lead-sheathed cables for onshore oil...
Electrical equipment in airing cupboards - May's Question of...
Our Voltimum Experts answer your questions on a daily basis in our Technical Expertise area. This Question...
Register of Emergency Lighting Commissioners
A sub committee of NSAI is currently working on proposals for the creation of a Register of persons...
Caution Notice on Smoke Detectors
A member has brought to our attention a Caution Notice which comes in the box with EI mains powered smoke...
Post Connection Tests – Enforcement
Post connection testing is an essential requirement to prove that the various protective devices will...
Screened for Safety
Prysmian's Afumex LSX low fire-hazard range has been developed to address the specific needs of modern...
ECSSA discusses downlighters
Once again we need to bring to contractors attention the dangers posed by Downlighers and the almost...
ECSSA discusses IS3217 Emergency Lighting
Fire Officers acting for local authorities have for some time expressed concern in relation to the validity of...
Response to insulation and its potentially hazardous effects...
Do you have a burning issue you'd like to discuss on Voltimum and to your industry peers? Get it off your...
ECSSA discusses IS3218 Fire Alarms
IS3218:2009 has now been issued by NSAI and supersedes IS3218:1989. As in the case of Emergency Lighting, it...
Marshall-Tufflex re-launch GRP trunking solutions
Electrical contractors and specifiers working in challenging and aggressive environments such as rail, road...
Marshall-Tufflex Odyssey Bio for Plymouth NHS Trust
Eleven operating theatres at a leading South West hospital have been fitted out with a new and unique cable...
Requirements for electrical equipment in airing cupboards...
This Question of the Month, concerning airing cupboards, is answered by ETCI:
Raising the bar on fire-rated cable performance
Tony Mayo, Project Director at consulting engineers, Hilson Moran Partnership believes there is an aspect of...
Fire alarm cables for use in thin walls or partitions
Terry Journeaux of Prysmian Cables & Systems takes a look at one aspect of fire cables and fire alarm cables...
Fire alarm cables for use in thin walls or partitions
Terry Journeaux of Prysmian Cables & Systems takes a look at one aspect of fire cables and fire alarm cables...
Busch Watchdog Promotion
Buy 2 Busch Watchdog 220 ProfessionalLine white including Remote Control and get a Kärcher DDC50 Drill Dust...
ABB announces new White Paper: “Integration between the MV...
This document is attached in pdf format and is intended to illustrate the possibilities of integration between...
Faulty RCD’s
We have had a succession of complaints from contractors in relation to fires and near misses caused by one...
Elkay electrical winning products
Winners of two Electrical Industry Awards in 2008 for its welcomelight and carboncalc – Elkay Electrical, also...
Fire resistant cables - the importance of standards
International and National standards are important in setting down good practice and providing a basis for...
Draka's cable performance helps bring Dome back to life
Draka has played an important part in breathing new life into the old Millennium Dome in Greenwich. It has...