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The Sangamo brand of Heating Controls & Thermostats are respected throughout the industry
Hylec DEDS Steel Door Enclosures provide superior robustness and longevity.
Coming Soon - Alert Electrical Long Eaton Branch
Lutec supply quality light fittings that are both innovative and of a high quality.
We’re thrilled to have helped Alert Electrical in gaining their Cyber Essentials accreditation
A case study from one of our customers, ACI, about the refurbishment of their new office space.
With Nest Home Automation products, you now have products that will automatically adapt to your day to day life and help you save energy. The Nest products have saved over 8 billion kWh of energy in millions of homes worldwide.
LOT20 requires all local space heaters manufactured for sale in the EU after 1st January 2018 to comply with a new minimum efficiency standard.
Texecom Connect allows you to interact, control and integrate your Texecom security system via the internet with other devices like never before.
White moulded electrical sockets are still by far the most popular. Within this there are square edged or rounded edged switches to choose from depending on the style required.
Light switches can be purchased from Electrical Wholesalers, DIY stores or online websites
Wall lights as part of an overall room or wall design look great.
LED lamps can reduce energy used over incandescent lighting by as much as 90%.
The main purpose we think of when discussing recessed lighting in the home is as a task light.
Lanterns come in lots of different shapes and sizes to suit a variety of locations;
A few ideas to make choosing outdoor lighting for your next project as easy as possible;
A few rules to make choosing the wall lights for your next project as easy as possible;
Choosing bathroom lighting isn’t the easiest choice. The first consideration is whether your lights in the bathroom need to be ‘IP’ rated or not?
Visual lights for the kitchen to set the tone and the ambiance, recessed lighting for task lighting (Can be used as ambient) and specialist lights just for the kitchen
Ambient lighting – Back ground lighting that provides the main lighting level. This can be made up of ambient lighting specific light fittings like ceiling pendants in the home or LED lay on panels in the office.
Previously we used to use the measurement for light bulb brightness of Watts. This was only ever a rough measurement but with the growth of LED light bulbs which produce the same light output for much less wattage it is no longer a suitable measure.
LEDs do not need to be placed in a vacuum or in any gas. LEDs produce as much light as an incandescent light bulb while using less than 20% of the electricity.
First Digit - Protection against ingress of foreign bodies e.g. tools, dust, fingers, etc. Second Digit - Protection against ingress of liquids. e.g. IP44 is protection against solid objects greater than 1mm IP4X and waters sprayed from all directions IPX4.
One of the questions we are getting asked is 'Can I change my low voltage downlights to LED Bulbs?'. The answer is yes, but with care, please read on...
We are not trying to say a fan is a panacea for all but in many cases in the UK, Aircon is being installed when an air movement fan would be perfectly adequate
Light bulbs come in many bases to fit different light fittings. The common types of light bulb can be broken down in to groups of bases and are shown here:
Light bulb colour temperature is measure in Kelvin. Low Kelvin starting at 1500k is an orange colour light while a high kelvin gives a cool blue light at 7500k.
The main advantages of LED bulbs is they use less electricity because they are more energy efficient than other technologies and their life span is longer. Not only do they represent greater value for money over a non LED bulb that lasts a shorter length of time on average, but also there is a saving in maintenance costs as lamps are changed less frequently.
We are delighted to announce that we have incorporated our lighting website www.lumalighting.co.uk within www.alertelectrical.com and now offer a comprehensive range of lighting products for both the home and garden.
Kidde HomeProtect long life Room Specific range of smoke alarms simplify the decision as to which alarm is required for each room of the home.
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