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ELECTRICAL NEWS
june 2014
THE launch of Apollo’s 600 portable
appliance tester heralds a‘new era’in
risk-based portable appliance testing as
well as health and safety management.
With built-in risk assessment tools for
any workplace hazard and a variety of
testing and inspection reports, including
portable appliance testing; fire detection
and emergency lighting, the Apollo 600
offers an all-in-one solution tomanag-
ing a risk-based approach to health and
safety in any workplace. Comprehensive
records can be kept, including test and
inspection reports, risk assessments
and visual evidence in conjunction with
Seaward’s PATGuard 3 Health and Safety
Edition.
Apollo 600 follows in the footsteps
of Seaward’s long line of trusted PAT
testers, offering a comprehensive suite
of fast and accurate electrical safety
tests to enable any workplace appliance
to be tested, including three-phase
equipment and residual current devices
(RCDs). Apollo 600 also enables point-
to-point testing of fixed appliances and
features a built-in universal risk assess-
ment tool allowing hazards to be re-
corded, risk scores to be calculated and
corrective actions to be planned and
documented. For health and safety in-
spections outside of portable appliance
testing, Apollo 600 also hosts a range of
on-board reports for fire detection and
emergency lighting.
Enquiries: (011) 608-8541
A new era in portable appliance testing
A new benchmark in affordable, high accuracy power metering
SCHNEIDER Electric has announced the
introduction of the PowerLogic PM5000
series power meter.
This newest addition to the Power-
Logic portfolio of power and energy
meters is engineered on a compact and
affordable platform. A range of models
covers the full spectrumof commercial
and industrial applications, within a
wide range of budgets.
The highly accurate and reliable me-
ters are compliant with IEC 62052/53,
IEC 61557-12, and IEC 61053-22 meter-
ing standards: PM5100 and PM5300
models are Class 0.5S while PM5500
models are Class 0.2S.
Eachmeter in the PowerLogic
PM5000 series offers combinations
of features intended to fully comple-
ment the requirements of energy cost
management applications. Essential
features such as different communica-
tion and I/O options, a battery-backed
real-time clock, alarms, multiple tariff
schedules, MID compliance and data
and event logging ensure the PM5000
series has the capabilities to perform
energy cost allocation and tenant
metering/sub-billing.
“Any uncertainty about billing for
energy costs is removed, because the
PowerLogic PM5000 series is meticu-
lously engineered for high-end energy
cost management applications,”says
Nathan Potgieter, offer manager for Eco
Business at Schneider Electric South
Africa.“Best of all, it combines high
quality and affordability in a meter
that is simple to order, easy to use and
installs without tools in a standard DIN
sized cut-out.”
He adds that any meter in the
PM5000 series is an excellent tool to
help users increase operational effi-
ciency, network reliability and business
performance.
The meters support information
SCHNEIDER Electric now provides a straightforward facility manage-
ment solution to allocate consumption costs and, at the same time,
achieve maximum savings. Critical to the overall solution is
Acti 9 Smartlink, a simple, powerful panel communication system that
gives users complete control over their electrical installations.
Exclusive to Schneider Electric, the system easily connects users’
switchboards to facility management solutions. It collects and analy-
ses data from the energy meters in each area, for each type of load or
circuit, and automates, schedules, and controls operation of loads to
optimise energy consumption.
An additional benefit is the immediate, precise warnings in case
of power issues. Contactors are connected to Acti 9 Smartlink for
automatic powering of departments and common areas in a variety
of facilities from supermarkets to hospitals.
“In summary, deploying Acti 9 Smartlink results in cost reductions,
thanks to the display of consumption and associated load profiles that
are accessible at any time via theWeb. It provides a simple auto-
matic system to achieve cost allocation andmakes any business an
attractive place for stakeholders’energy efficiency values,”says Levy
Moholola, product manager at Schneider Electric South Africa.
Enquiries: (011) 254-6400
Solution to providing
total control of
electrical installations
access in English, Spanish, French,
Italian, German, Portuguese, Chinese,
and Russian. Meters directly connect
to networks rated up to 690 V L-L
without voltage transformers. Inter-
nal memory stores key information
and data logging capacities vary de-
pending on whether PM5300 models
or PM5500 models are specified. The
range-topping PM5500 models pro-
vide a fourth current input, onboard
web pages for viewing real-time and
stored information, enhanced har-
monics capabilities, and dual Ethernet
ports to daisy chainmeters together,
which saves on installation and wiring
costs.
Enquiries: (011) 254-6400
energy measurement and supply
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Denver Technical Products offers a comprehensive range of clamp CTs for the
measurement of ac and dc current, frommilliamps up to 8 000A. Jaw sizes vary
from 15mmØ up to 83mmØ for cables and bus bars up to 122 x 54mm can
be accommodated. Probes are available with voltage or current output or a
combination of both. Multi ratio probes are also offered, for example
250/500/1 000A or 1 000/2 000/3 000A.
Enquiries: (011) 626-2023
Clamp CTs for measuring
ac and dc current
