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EnOcean Scores Double Victory at Elektra Awards 2008
EnOcean GmbH has received the Wireless & Telecoms Design Award for its self-powered wireless sensor modules and the Company of the Year Award in recognition of its technology innovation and business success in the building automation market, at the Elektra 2008 European Electronics Industry Awards. “This truly is a fantastic achievement for EnOcean and our energy-harvesting wireless technology,” says Andreas Schneider, Executive Vice President... [more]
AVO Model 8 multimeter reaches retirement after 58 years
Possibly the most popular professional multimeter of the 20th Century, the venerable AVO Model 8 has reached retirement: the final Model 8 have left Megger’s Dover factory, where it has been produced since its introduction in 1951. Despite rising prices over the years, forced by the labour-intensive production methods needed to manufacture analogue instruments, demand for the AVO Model 8 has continued to this day, albeit at much reduced levels... [more]
Yuasa Battery publishes datasheet for its latest VRLA battery
Yuasa Battery has published a new datasheet covering its latest valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) battery that is designed to help security installers meet the latest European standards for intruder alarm systems. The two page datasheet provides detailed specifications and information on the REC10-12, a 12V maintenance-free battery that is specifically designed to help engineers meet all installation and system specifications as defined by EN 5... [more]
WF Electrical delivers MK Metalclad sockets 450 miles away
An order for twenty MK Metalclad sockets might not seem a daunting demand for an electrical distributor, but for WF Electrical’s Liverpool branch the request involved a record breaking 450 mile journey and a race against time of epic proportions. The routine, but urgent, request was from a WF customer working in London on the final stages of a new restaurant for the Piccolinos pizza chain. However the sockets they needed were the non standar... [more]
AEC launches OneU UPS system for 19-inch network rack environments
In today's IT environments, an increasing amount of processing power is being squeezed into an ever shrinking space. As processing power increases so does the demand to protect the servers from mains failure and day-to-day mains borne noise. AEC UK has launched the OneU, one of the smallest server-grade On-Line double conversion UPS systems. The OneU, as the names suggests, is just 1U making it ideal for 19-inch network rack environments w... [more]
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