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Automating buildings provides comfort with energy and...
While in modern buildings the basic requirement for safe electrical wiring installations remains essentially...
Voltimum News
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Voltimum - How to overcome surge, spike and lightning strike...
This technical article relates to the increasingly important topic of electrical surges, which can damage...
Termites and electrical cables – A history of protection...
Termites have only one food requirement - cellulose; and in order to feed themselves and their colonies,...
Global shortage of Nylon 12 and how this is affecting the...
A recent chemical factory explosion in Germany went largely unnoticed by most of the world when it occurred on...
OSRAM – A lighting life cycle analysis
The product life cycle comprises the entire life of a product, from raw material extraction and acquisition,...
What is lighting total cost of ownership and why is it...
Voltimum UK managing editor James Hunt explains the total cost of ownership of lighting products and...
Attention all Registered Cablers – Imminent Changes to...
The National Electrical and Communications Association (NECA) recently worked closely with the Australian...
Controlling cash flow
There have been more electrical contractors forced into liquidation through poor cash flow than through lack...
Optical Safety of LEDs
With the phasing-out of incandescent lamps in many countries, including Australia, the introduction of new...
Low Voltage Halogen Lamp Phase-out
The first stage of phasing-out non-compliant extra low voltage halogen reflector lamps commenced on 1...
Personal Protective Equipment and how to choose it
The use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by electrical contractors is commonplace today, as it should...
IEC 61549 stops broken fluorescent lamps from showering...
When standard fluorescent tubes are accidentally broken, they may shatter, with dangerous shards of glass –...
Counterfeit Electrical Goods – Don’t take the Risk
If someone is harmed or property is damaged due to faulty electrical products that you supplied or...
Calculating True Labour Cost
When the estimator has completed the take-off and all material and labour hours have been accounted for, the...
Estimating Tools and Equipment Costs
In this industry, there is probably more controversial discussion on the matter of direct job expenses and...