Clean air enhances compressor efficiency
Compressed air is a vital resource for many industry sectors. It is also used in many smaller scale manufacturing and processing applications such as...
New electrical equipment safety system for Australia and New Zealand
A national Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) has been developed outlining a preferred option for achieving a more consistent and effective electrical equipment safety system...
Rapid increase in solar installations potentially overloading the grid
There are claims the rapid installation of residential solar panels could be feeding so much power back into the grid that it overloads the...
Streamlined testing unit for solar systems
Testing solar panels can often be frustrating and time consuming. Seaward Solar has provided a tool that allows you to complete an array of...
Richard Styles, 31, named 2011 NECA Apprentice of the Year – Commercial/Domestic
Mature aged electrical apprentice, Richard Styles, won the 2011 National NECA Apprentice of the Year award in the Commercial and Domestic category and admits...
LED lighting upgrade for Tamworth Mall
Tamworth’s boutique shopping mall, the Atrium, has installed Philips’ latest cutting-edge LED lighting technology - delivering considerable savings in both energy and maintenance requirements,...
How an electrician can benefit from the carbon tax
With the cost of electricity on the rise, an ageing power grid in need of a major overhaul and the carbon tax on the...
How amendments to the Building Code affect lighting installers
Lighting installers at any level should be aware of the need to comply with the requirements of the Building Code of Australia in both...
AS/NZS 3000:2007 – Part 1, Section 1
There are many clauses and guidelines (Appendices) in AS/NZS 3000:2007 to consider when designing an electrical installation, writes Darrell Hills.
The following clauses in Part...
Grouts Electrical restores Gippsland transmission station after Black Saturday
Following the destruction of the Black Saturday bushfires, Elise Hughan explores how one small contractor brought Gippsland’s major transmission station back on air.
On...