May 2011
Eskom Integrated Demand Management (IDM) has added another rebate programme to its hot water solutions initiative.
The new rebate on heat pumps, used for residential water heating, will enable access to quality hot water systems and enable homeowners and small businesses to buy the systems at discounted prices...
Eskom aims to facilitate the installation of 65 000 systems by March 2015 at a cost of R250-million by replacing conventional energy hungry geysers with energy efficient heat pumps, saving an estimated 54MW of capacity.
The systems must be bought from an accredited, published supplier who, in turn, must do a full installation. The purchase price of registered systems will be rebated and the customer will receive the rebate at the point-of-sale without having to submit a claim. Registered and approved suppliers on the programme will claim the rebate amount from Eskom.
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Contractor’s Corner
This section covers new products and industry news.
Distribution boards, switches, sockets and protection This interesting feature looks at Schneider's biometric switch, new products from Gewiss and ACDC Dynamics, weatherproof switches and sockets, pre-populated DBs from Crabtree, clamp meters, Solarflex cable from Advanced Product Technology, and a thermal imaging camera from Major Tech, amongst others. Buyer's Guide The Buyer's Guide lists manufacturers and distributors of products and services for energy efficient products such as solar lighting, heat pumps, lighting control, and meters. Energy Efficiency This popular feature looks at the various energy saving options available. Lighting This feature is packed with interesting articles on lighting, lighting trends and news from the lighting industry. Articles include BEKA's installation at Richmond (NC), a Twilight switch from CP Electronics, stylish new wiring devices from Legrand, new products from Philips Lighting SA, Megaman's LEDs to replace halogen and incandescent luminaires, Osram's LED lighting system for the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro and energy efficient high bay luminaires from NVC SA. Personality of the Month Geg Bower, diector at NVC Lighting SA began his career as a police officer. Thankfully, destiny had other plans and Greg found his niche in the lighting industry where he has made the most of his God-given talents... Columns In Terry Mackenzie Hoy's column, ‘Working Knowledge' he discusses sending power a long way...
In his column, Mark Palmer of the Gauteng Electrical Inspection Authority, will be looking at common problems encountered by electrical contractors. This month he answers two question: Why can adaptors not be used to enter a box or channel in roof space; and Why do boxes have to have covers in roof space. (Is it for the dust and, if so, it will not work as dust still gets under the over) so it will be a waste of time and money for the homeowner.
Nick du Plessis, the managing director of P and T Technology, is a new columnist for Sparks who writes about training and development. In his fifth column he gives practical advice to avoid being caught in a retrenchment nightmare.
Columnist, Hannes Baard, is going to examine ‘the green book' and help readers demystify SANS 10142. In this month's column, he suggests that instead of throwing away ‘old' pages when an amendment is published, to keep them as a handy reference guide.
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