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CONTENTS

PUBLISHER

Danny J. Salchert OFFICE MANAGER

Anita Salchert ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER

Bart Beason bart@epsmag.net CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Derek Gaylard CIRCULATION DIRECTOR

Pam Fulmer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Charlie Hume • Rodney Koop

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Change How You Find and Troubleshoot Equipment Problems

FEATURES 6 How Well Do You Know Your Transfer Switches?

By Charlie Hume

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Why Johnny Carson Never Left NBC

By Rodney Koop

COMPANY PROFILE 22 Protect Yourself Miller Safety Consultants — A Leader in Arc Flash Protection

DEPARTMENTS 26 Industry News 32 Product Focus 40 Ad Index ON THE COVER Photo provided by Fluke

PRESIDENT

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feature ARTICLE

Eaton

How Well Do You Know Your

Transfer Switches?

By Charlie Hume, product line sales engineer, Eaton

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ransfer switches play an essential role in keeping critical electrical loads functional during power outages.

This handy pop quiz will serve as a refresher for electrical pros to brush up on their knowledge of this vital power distribution equipment. So how well do you know your transfer switches? Let’s find out.

Question: As defined by Chapter 7 of the National Electrical Code® (NFPA 70), how many different types of system installations use transfer switches?

A) 1

B) 3

Answer: 4

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C) 4

D) 7

The four articles NFPA 70 (Chapter 7) divides transfer switch applications into are emergency systems, legally required systems, critical operations power systems (COPS) and operational standby systems.

Emergency systems supply, automatically distribute and control power used by systems essential to life safety during fires and other disasters. These include fire detectors, alarms, emergency lights, elevators and others. Legally required systems automatically supply power to a selected set of regulated loads not classified as emergency systems when normal power is unavailable. COPS supply, distribute and control electricity in designated critical areas when a normal power source fails. Optional standby systems supply power to loads with no direct bearing on health or life safety, and are not Continued on page 8 required to function

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Eaton Continued from page 6

B) Contactor switch, molded case breaker and power case breaker Question: True or False – All C) Power case breaker only transfer switches break the D) Molded case breaker and power case connection to one power source breaker automatically during power failures.

before making a connection to another A) True B) False

Answer: D

Answer: False. Transfer switches can transition loads between normal and emergency power sources in two basic ways – open or closed. An open transition means the transfer switch breaks its connection to one source before making its connection to the other (this process is separated into two subcategories: open delayed and open inphase). A closed transition means the switch will make a connection to the new power source before breaking its connection to the old one (this happens automatically to ensure the sources are synchronized). The specific functions performed by a given load and the importance of those functions to safety or security play an important role in determining which kind of transition is required.

Both molded case and power case breaker mechanisms support integral overcurrent protection. Though not as common as contactor switch mechanisms, molded case breaker mechanisms are self-protecting at high fault currents due to integral magnetic sensing. Power case mechanisms can be configured with a variety of trip unit types that provide integral, programmable overcurrent protection, ground fault sensing, power quality metering and diagnostics.

Additionally, power case mechanisms feature the added advantage in that they can be configured for “selective coordination,” allowing the protective device located immediately upstream of an electrical fault to open first, leaving the rest of the power distribution system operational. For many applications, including emergency, COPS and legally required systems, use of selective coordination is mandatory.

Question: Which switching mechanism technology supports integral overcurrent protection?

Question: True or False – Transfer switches can feature two different operation modes: manual and automatic

A) Contactor switch and molded case breaker

A) True B) False

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Answer: True. Transfer switches can, in fact, feature both manual and automatic operation modes. In manual mode, both initiation and operation are performed manually, typically by pushing a button or moving a handle. In automatic mode, the transfer switch controller completely manages both initiation and operation. Initiation is triggered when the automatic controller senses an unavailability or loss of source power and operation is typically performed by an electric solenoid or monitor.

However, these are not the only operation modes transfer switches support. In addition to manual and automatic modes, transfer switches can also feature non-automatic mode (different from manual) and bypass isolation mode. In non-automatic mode, the operator manually initiates a transfer by pressing a button or rotating a switch that causes an internal electromechanical device to electrically operate the switching mechanism.

Bypass isolation transfer switches include dual switching mechanisms that provide redundancy for critical applications. The primary switching mechanism handles day-to-day distribution of electrical power to the load, while the secondary switching mechanism serves as a backup. During repair or maintenance procedures, a technician can bypass power around the primary mechanism through the secondary mechanism to ensure critical loads remain powered without interruption. ❏

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cover STORY

Fluke

Communicate your results with Fluke Connect

Change How You Find and Troubleshoot Equipment Problems

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lectricians and technicians are often faced with the challenge to quickly locate and troubleshoot faulty equipment with the tools at hand. For years that has meant a digital multimeter and maybe a thermal imager, also known as an infrared camera. But for many facilities thermal imagers are a shared tool and not always available when needed.

The latest technology available combines a digital multimeter with a thermal imager and adds wireless capabilities so measurements can be taken from a safe distance, saved and even stored in secure data centers for later analysis. That’s a powerful combination that helps increase productivity and confidence.

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Let’s consider the scenario of a large pump that keeps going down before it achieves full power. Such problems are often suspected to be electrical, although the root cause is unknown.

A common troubleshooting procedure would start like this:

Spot problems with thermal imager While the pump is still running you do a quick thermal survey using a thermal imager looking for hotspots at the panel, disconnect and the pump motor itself. If nothing looks unusual, increase the speed of the pump until it fails while surveying for hot spots at the Continued on page 14

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Large, full color LCD screen

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Includes 15 measurement functions

thermal survey when the pump failed.

Use the multimeter’s Min/Max function to capture max current of the pump while running, then continue to increase the speed of the pump until it fails. Note the max current reading on the meter’s display and save it.

If the phase reading was outside of normal, use additional tests to determine whether the issue was due to a supply problem, connection or the pump itself.

Verify successful repairs with thermal imager After determining the problem and making repairs, once again complete a thermal survey of the equipment, saving While the pump is still running you can the images to a report to document that also use a digital multimeter to trou- the repair was successful and no hot spots bleshoot the problem. remain.

Two tools in one increases your productivity Put on the appropriate personal protection equipment (PPE) and examine each One tool to find, repair, panel, disconnect and pump. If something of the three-phase currents that supply the validate, and report With such work in mind, Fluke develis found, save the image and note the pump or at least the one phase that may have been identified as suspect during the oped the first thermal Continued on page 16 location.

Use a multimeter to diagnose the problem

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Expand your measurement capabilities with iFlex

multimeter so you can easily complete all those steps with one reliable compact tool.

The Fluke 279 FC Thermal Multimeter is a full-featured digital multimeter with integrated thermal imaging that is designed to help find, repair, validate, and report many electrical issues quickly so that you are confident problems are solved.

As you probably know, Fluke Corporation is the world leader in the manufacture, distribution and service of electronic test tools and software. The Fluke brand

has a reputation for portability, ruggedness, safety, ease of use, and rigid standards of quality.

Fluke understands that the demands on you and your tools are continuously evolving. This drives Fluke to keep innovating, to learn from you what challenges you face and what you need from your tools.

With thermal imaging multimeters, you have a first-line troubleshooting tool for electrical equipment that can check hot spots on not only the pump mentioned, but also other high-voltage equipment and transformers, detect heating of fuses, wires, insulators, connectors, splices and switches. Scanning with the 279 FC’s thermal imager reveals many electrical issues rapidly and from a safe distance.

The 279 FC Thermal Multimeter is also compatible with Fluke iFlex® (a flexible current clamp) to expand your measurement capabilities and get into tight, hard to reach spaces for current measurement (up to 2500 A AC).

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Reporting and communicating results With Fluke Connect®, the wireless tools and software platform, you can transmit results wirelessly to a smartphone and save time on reporting to validate work is complete. Troubleshoot better by instantly trending and monitoring measurements live on your smartphone screen. Create and email reports right from the field.

For more information, please visit www.fluke.com/279FC or call 1-800-44FLUKE (1-800-443-5853). ❏

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feature ARTICLE

The New Flat Rate

Why Johnny Carson Never Left NBC

By Rodney Koop, CEO/Founder, The New Flat Rate

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round 1979, Johnny Carson, the undisputed king of late night television was feeling somewhat strangled by his current employer, NBC. It wasn’t that the network was treating him carelessly or not paying him what he was worth. The reason, an iron clad contract that controlled his every move and that would be active for a couple more years.

Contracts can be a positive part of a job or business relationship. They have the ability to clearly define expectations and be a reference when things are unclear. But, contracts can also come with severe restrictions. In the situation of Johnny Carson versus NBC, restrictive was the case. When Johnny finally decided he’d had enough with his over the top contract with NBC, he sent his lawyer to tell them he would be leaving in one year…1980.

NBC wasn’t going to make it easy and counteracted with a threat of a 100-million-dollar lawsuit. NBC wasn’t going down without a fight and neither was Mr. Carson, so the gloves came off. To the other networks, Johnny Carson was about to become a free agent; the NBC executives went bananas. The other networks began their pursuit. Thinking that The Tonight Show, starring Johnny

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Carson was up for grabs, each of them began the process of illegally courting him. I say illegally, because other networks were not allowed to make an offer to another network’s employee while under contract. The result, NBC hired an arbitration firm to determine if Johnny could vacate his contract or not. The arbitration firm determined that NBC could extend contracts with Johnny, but that the “exclusivity” clauses were not legally extended. This meant that Johnny

could leave at any time. When it was all said and done, NBC decided to forgo the 100-million-dollar threat and enjoy Johnny’s success. Once Johnny knew the contracts were not binding, he decided to

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stay with NBC. Although, other networks were still offering him more than double the pay and double the time off to come work for them, he stayed.

During this conflicting time, while considering the attractiveness of offers from networks like ABC and CBS, Johnny Carson turned to one of the most influential men in Hollywood at that time. An insightful agent by the name of Lew Wasserman. Wasserman’s opinion was very simple: “It is not prudent to ask people to change their nightly viewing habits.

Once they are used to tuning into a given channel, they find it hard to make the move, no matter how good an alternative is being provided elsewhere.”

Johnny let the matter drop and stayed with NBC another 12 years.

Have you ever felt like there was an invisible wall between you and a prospective customer when you offer them a repair or a service? Could it be that they are in a habitual comfort zone and your request causes them discomfort? What if the real problem is actually their discomfort and not the price or your offer? We can’t expect our customers to be their own therapists can we? What we need is for them to feel like Johnny Carson did when he was released from the confinements of his contract with NBC. What if we could facilitate the “releasing” of a Continued on page 20

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contractual like feeling for our customers?

Has a customer ever said to you, “Well, I guess I don’t have any choice in the matter”. That means they feel restricted and we need to get the monkey off their shoulder! Now you can with The New Flat Rate!

When The New Flat Rate was in its infancy, our team realized that some customers practically jumped into our arms with a willingness to buy, while others were reluctant. In the beginning, we thought the secret was to bundle or package products and services together with a discount. Example: Offer to add security lighting with the purchase of a backup generator. After all, isn’t that what McDonalds does?

Would you like fries with that?

When I looked closer at how menu’s work, I realized that it’s not the addition of fries that makes them buy. The buying switch is flipped by simply giving the perception that they are getting more for their money if they take the combo offer. After all, I can just buy a cheeseburger and coke

cola, enjoy the meal, and then if I’m still hungry, buy an order of fries or a hot apple pie. It seems like common sense and undoubtedly in the long run would save money. But why do I buy the combo? Because I know that those fries will cost more as a single purchase than if I get them in a combo. That’s why menus work!

For a menu to work right it must create a sense of perceived value. The purchaser must feel that if they buy a higher priced option, they will get much more value for their money. Also, the purchaser must accept that the bottom option is priced reasonably. After 5 years of testing and enhancing The New Flat Rate’s suite of over 500 menus’ for Electrical, Plumbing, and HVAC, the proof is here. The New Flat Rate sees 9 out of 10 customers choosing one of the five options that are on every page in just about 10 seconds. The New Flat Rate sees virtually no buyer’s remorse!

The customer is happy with their purchase.

The big surprise? Using a properly priced menu system will: add over $1,000 of ad-

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ditional profit for the company each week for every truck on the road using it.

Electricians love their tools. You will never catch me on a job without Klien hand tools, Amprobe testers, or Ridgid and Milwaukee power tools. And now, you will never catch me on any job ever again without The New Flat Rate. The New Flat Rate is currently being used in 47 states and in Canada. Over 20,000 times weekly, service professionals are using these menus and sharing the results with us and with each other. And now, you can too! Give us a call and we’ll show you exactly how The New Flat Rate can work for you!

Johnny Carson eventually retired from show business and was happy with his career. The New Flat Rate wants you to be happy with your career and ultimately, get paid what you are worth. We want you to get the money and satisfaction that you have worked for all of these years.

Call us now and make it happen!

706.259.8892 / info@thenewflatrate.com / www.thenewflatrate.com ❏

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company PROFILE

Miller Safety Consultants

Protect Yourself Miller Safety Consultants — A Leader in Arc Flash Protection

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ince Miller started Miller Safety Consultants, a veteran owned

business in 1999. The goal of the business was to provide cost effective safety consulting, employee training such as: confined space entry, fall protection, electrical safety and provide sales of electrical shock and flash protective equipment and fall protection equipment to businesses in the Washington DC area.

Reliance Industries provided fall protection products and much of the sales and training was on behalf of the supplier. In 2000, the owner decided to retire from his business, and Vince decided to discontinue the fall protection line of his business and concentrate more in the electrical training and products.

Vince had been a distributor for Certified Insulated Products (CIP), a manufacturer of electrical insulated tools and electrical arc flash clothing manufactured by Otex in Rochester, New York.

As a distributor, Vince provided sales through his internet website and much through relationships with electrical contractors. His training was a classroom 22

environment and was provided directly to customers but he also taught as a subcontractor for other safety consulting companies and the Chesapeake Safety Council in Baltimore, Maryland. In 2005, Vince partnered with Vivid Learning Systems in Cascades, Washington to provide on-line training in safe work practices.

Training in electrical safe work practices is still provided locally in the

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Washington DC area and as a partner with an electrical engineering firm and online. The training is based on the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) standards and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 70E standard.

Miller Safety Consultants is now a distributor for Cementex USA, Burlington, New Jersey, for insulated tools and equipment and clothing from OTEX Protective, Rochester, New York.

The majority of his sales of products are from the web-based store. Cementex is nationally known for their quality equipment. Otex Protective is becoming more known for their quality clothing.

For years, they have manufactured their products under other provider labels.

Vince chose to not create his clothing line, but to sell the manufacturer product.

Vince has worked with many electrical company employees to fine-tune the clothing to be more comfortable for the user. Working closely with the manufacturer, they have made slight changes in how the cloth pattern was modified to meet final production. An example is the lightweight 40 Calary vented hood offered

by Otex.

The material is of the latest technology.

The vented assembly is constructed for balance on the back of the hardhat and the airflow is 35 CFM to prevent fogging of the face shield and provide cooling to the worker. It took over a year to develop the product with the user prior to having the hood “flash tested”. This product is now standard issue with many electrical contractors.

Being a small business and having quality providers has resulted in satisfied customers for Miller Safety Consultants.

Being a direct supplier for OTEX Protective, another small business means customized customer needs can be met. ❏

For more information, visit Miller Safety Consultants at: www.millersafetyltd.com, email Vince at: sales@millersafetyltd.com or give him a call at (703)367-0404.

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industry NEWS ASCO Power Technologies Introduces First Transfer Switch-Based Multi-Feature Packaged Paralleling System with Load Management Facility managers can now, upon the tural, public, and educational facilities. introduction of the ASCO Series 300 GenThe ASCO Series 300 system takes an erator Paralleling System, consider pre- innovative approach to paralleling that utipackaged transfer switch-based lizes generator power for power systems for paralleling switching and automatic congenerators as an alternative to trols and features a graphic circuit breakers. The first of its touch screen as a convenient type for load management for window to metering, event and mid-tier installations, the ASCO alarm logs, and other data. The Series 300 system, which brings system, which brings together high-power capabilities to midthe paralleling controls and contier installations, is capable of tactors for two generators into a paralleling 2 to 4 gen-set instalsingle section for efficient use lations and managing 4 to 8 of space, is an economical altertransfer switch load blocks at native to the traditional switchdistributed data centers, coming capability of two circuit mercial and telecom operations, breakers. oil and gas processes, and The robust pre-engineered healthcare, government, agriculcompact system, which is UL

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891 listed, enables managing generators by runtime usage, assigned priority, or load requirement. It also includes the ability to distribute power by load prioritization and to control load bus optimization, generator load demand, and generator power metering.

The ASCO Series 300 incorporates a reliable, high-endurance ASCO Closed Transition Transfer Switch mechanism that represents a patented and innovative approach to paralleling. The system combines the transfer mechanism with the most sophisticated ASCO load distribution and control technology, originally developed for mission-critical, highlyengineered installations.

The ASCO Series 300 is available from 208 to 600 volts. “Because it eliminates job-specific engineering for either prime or emergency power applications that require paralleling two, three or four gen-set installations, the ASCO Series 300 system can be configured quickly for

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industry NEWS fast-track delivery,” said Bhavesh Patel, vice president, Global Marketing, at ASCO. “It can synchronize, parallel, and provide load sharing for a wide range of gen-sets, of different sizes and manufacturers using bias signals to the voltage regulator and governor. This provides needed flexibility to facility managers when they plan power expansions and

equipment replacement,” he noted.

ASCO Series 300 features that ensure power continuity from automatic controls include managing generators by runtime usage, assigned priority, or load requirements, and distributing power by load prioritization. The system also can manually add and shed loads, manually start gensets and connect to the load bus.

The efficient, intuitive operator touch screen provides fingertip access to data and graphics for monitoring and control with minimal navigation. Screens include metering, event and alarm logs, bus optimization and load demand set up, and manual paralleling. Password protection allows individual account management and auditing as well as privilege assignments. ❏

ABB Electrification Products Donates Breakers and Switches to electrical training ALLIANCE ABB Electrification Products, the leading power and automation technology group, donated more than $77,000 worth of breakers and switches to the electrical training ALLIANCE, to be used for electrical contractor training in six locations.

“We at ABB value our partnership with the electrical training ALLIANCE,” said Nancy Lindsay, market development manager, commercial construction at ABB Electrification Products.

“We understand that it takes a lot of resources to train the next generation of electrical contractors, so we are donating these high-quality products to enrich the electrical training ALLIANCE’s resources.”

The electrical training ALLIANCE is the leading publisher of

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educational materials for the electrical industry, and provides the only curriculum that the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) endorse. The electrical training ALLIANCE’s services include instructor training resources, regionalized curricula and advanced learning technology.

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leading global technology company in power and automation that enables utility, industry, and transport and infrastructure customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in roughly 100 countries and employs about 135,000 people. ❏

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new PRODUCTS Analyzes Electrical and Mechanical Performance on Operational Motors without Mechanical Sensors to Extend System Lifespan Measuring mechanical loads typically requires load sensors that can be costly or physically inaccessible. The new Fluke® 438-II Power Quality and Motor Analyzer uses innovative algorithms to analyze not only three-phase power quality but also torque, efficiency, and speed to determine system performance and detect overloaded conditions, eliminating the need for motor load sensors. The Fluke 438-II simplifies the process of motor performance diagnosis by providing analysis data for both the electrical and mechanical characteristics of the motor while it is in operation. Using proprietary algorithms, the 438-II measures the three-phase current and voltage waveforms and compares them against rated specifications to calculate motor mechanical performance. The analysis is presented in simple readouts, making it easy to gauge the operating performance and determine if adjustments are needed before failures cause an operational shut down. The analyzer also provides measurements to determine a motor’s efficiency (i.e. the conversion of electrical energy to mechanical torque) and mechanical power under operating load conditions. These measures allow maintenance engineers to determine the motors in-service operating power compared to its rated power to determine if the motor is operating in overloaded condition or, inversely, if it is oversized for the application energy may be wasted and operating cost increased. The 438-II is part of the Fluke 430 Series of three-phase power quality analyzers that provide frontline troubleshooting and long-term trending to keep equipment running smoothly.

For more information, visit www.fluke.com/438

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new PRODUCTS Platinum Tools® Debuts Xpress Jack™ Keystone Jack Termination Solution at 2016 InfoComm Now Shipping, Xpress Jack (p/n 13501C) Seats & Trims All Eight Conductors in One Simple & Smooth Motion; No More Punching Down Eight Times For a Single Termination, Saving Time & Energy on Both Small & Large Jobs Platinum Tools®, the leader in solutions for the preparation, installation, hand

termination and testing of wire and cable, is proud to announce the debut of the new Xpress Jack™ (p/n 13501C) keystone jack termination solution during InfoComm 2016, held from June 810 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, booth C4726. The Xpress Jack is now shipping with an MSRP of $79.95.

“The Xpress Jack is designed to make keystone jack terminations easier than ever,” said John Phillips, Platinum Tools, Inc. product manager. “It seats and trims all eight conductors in one simple and smooth motion. No more punching down eight times for a single termination. The Xpress Jack saves time and energy on both small and large jobs.”

Additional features of the Platinum Tools Xpress Jack include: • One stroke keystone jack terminations • Heavy duty all carbon tool steel construction • Designed for 110 type 4 pair keystone jacks • Rust resistant black oxide finish • Comfort grip TPR handles; reduce hand stress on large jobs with prolonged use • Die set for Platinum Tools Keystone Jacks and other similar designs • Die set available for 90 degree Leviton Keystone Jacks Platinum Tools, founded in 1997, was created based upon two very simple objectives. First, develop the absolute best possible solutions for the preparation, installation, and hand termination of wire and cable. Second, implement an operational infrastructure that can deliver these products in an efficient, timely, and high quality manner.

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new PRODUCTS EYE Lighting Extends Blitz LED Floodlight Line, Adds 200W Model High Powered 200W and 400W Blitz LED Floodlights deliver light at 50% of typical wattage The new 200W and the existing 400W model Blitz high powered LED floodlights feature highly efficient COB LED packages combined with precise optics to deliver a bright, white light to applications typically requiring twice the wattage.

The precise optics provide for a more efficient lighting design and require fewer lumens than other sources.

The Blitz LED Floodlight is ideal for many applications including bridges and building facades.

Applications that operate all night such as seaports, rail yards and intermodal terminals will find that the Blitz enhances personal safety and material handling.

The Blitz LED Floodlights are available in 4000K or 5000K with a minimum 80 CRI rating. They operate efficiently in ambient conditions from minus 30 degrees Celsius to plus 40 degrees Celsius. The 200W Blitz LED Floodlight delivers 16,000 to 18,000 lumens, and the 400W delivers 29,000 to 35,000 lumens through efficient narrow, medium and wide beam optics. It is available for input voltages ranging from 120 to 277V. For more information, visit www.eyelighting.com

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new PRODUCTS Meet the Workplace Workhorse, the New Epson LABELWORKS PX LW-PX800 Printer The new Epson LW-PX800 is a multi-industry, multi-application and multi-user thermal transfer printer with a lifetime warranty.

K-Sun®, a leader in industrial identification and labeling solutions, introduces the newest multi-application thermal transfer printer with both Wi-Fi and networking capabilities – the Epson LABELWORKS PX LW-PX800.

The LW-PX800 is designed to replace multiple workstation label printers with a single workplace label printer. Multiple users can print to the same printer from their desktops, smart phones and tablets. Wi-Fi lets users easily connect with over a direct peer-to-peer connection without requiring a wireless access point. The LW-PX800 can be moved anywhere in a facility for shared access so multiple users can create safety, warehouse, tool room, office and other necessary labels at their desktops to a centrally located printer for use across the warehouse, shop, laboratory, tool room, production floor and office.

The LW-PX800’s flexibility, versatility in supplies, built-in tape saving features and the potential to reduce equipment investment substantially lowers costs associated with visual workplace communication, identification, bar coding, safety labeling and cable and wire marking/labeling.

The LW-PX800 includes the free Label Editor Professional for PC, the best label-creating software on the market with no licensing or upgrade fees. Label Editor Pro makes the LW-PX800 an easy-to-use, flexible and powerful label printer. Additional software includes free Label Editor Lite for Mac® and free Epson iLabel and Datacom apps for mobile devices.

For more information, visit www.ksun.com

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RIDGID® Introduces the Lightest, Easiest to Use 12-Ton Manual Hydraulic Crimp Tool RIDGID® continues to innovate in the electrical space with the RE 12-M manual hydraulic crimp tool. The RE 12-M is the lightest and easiest to use 12-ton manual hydraulic crimping tool on the market.

The RE 12-M is used for wire termination and grounding applications to crimp compression lugs and connectors onto copper, aluminum and ACSR wire and grounding rods. The C-shaped head with 1.65inch jaw opening is large enough for compression applications up to 1,000 MCM and has a 330-degree head rotation for better access in tight spaces.

The RIDGID RapidAdvance System™ on the RE 12-M engages with the lug quicker to speed up the crimping process. Only two pumps are required to engage even the smallest lug size, while having the lowest handle force in its class.

RIDGID is the only manufacturer to offer a removable Head Stand attachment. The Head Stand stabilizes the tool, allowing one person to easily position the cable and lug between the dies while simultaneously pumping the handle of the crimp tool quickly and efficiently on the ground.

“The RE 12-M is noticeably lighter and makes jobs easier for the professional with both the Head Stand and the RapidAdvance System™. It provides a reliable crimp with less fatigue,” said Rob Trefz, RIDGID Global Marketing Director.

The tool comes with a heavy-duty carrying case that holds the tool, Head Stand, and space to hold up to 13 crimp dies. Also included are decals for labeling the die slots inside the case, providing optimal organization and quick access to save time.

For more information, visit RIDGID.com

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advertiser INDEX

MAY 2016

This advertisers index is compiled as a courtesy to our readers. While every effort is made to provide a complete and accurate listing of companies, page numbers and reader service numbers, the publisher is not responsible for errors.

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