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6 Small and Medium-Sized Business That Use the Most Energy

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Small to medium-sized businesses must watch their energy consumption once they are up and running. It is easy for power usage to spiral out of control. Get your utility to assist with breaking down exactly where the energy costs are being used. 

These six businesses are the biggest culprits for using the most energy 

  • Car Dealerships 
  • Grocery outlets 
  • Bakeries 
  • Restaurants 
  • Convenience stores 
  • Hotels and Motels 

Why car dealerships use so much energy 

Perhaps the three biggest causes of using so much energy in the car dealership industry would be lighting, lighting and lighting! Read the rest

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Ways To Make Your Warehouse More Energy Efficient

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The biggest energy gobblers in any warehouse are temperature control and lightning. Energy control in the form of heating, refrigeration and cooling will impact on your bottom line. By reducing the two biggest energy gobbling culprits, you can make a massive saving in your business. 

Save energy and money while reducing the carbon footprint of your warehousing facility – here’s how: 

Add shading around your warehouse as this will reduce heat and can minimise costs of cooling. Read the rest

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5 Questions Asked About DB Board Protection

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We have all heard about surge protection and DB Board Protection – yet many of us are a little unsure how this works and what there is to know about DB Board Protection. 

 

Here are five common questions asked about DB Board Protection 

When we install surge arresters in our DB Board in the office – does this mean that there will not be any damage? Read the rest

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Protecting your Business from Lightning in South Africa

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Before lightning strikes an object, it is referred to as being a “step leader”. This stepped leader is almost invisible and has a low current of about 200 amps. It reaches from the charge centre in the cloud towards its mirror image with the strike moving from one cloud to another, then towards earth. 

This step leader travels on an average of 50 metres in a microsecond, pauses for 49 microseconds then jumps, often branching out from the original step leader to numerous jumps. Read the rest

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Explaining Modified Sine Wave Inverters

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Pure sine wave inverters and modified sine wave inverters convert 12V DC from batteries into AC (alternating current) power available from wall outlets.  

Producing a modified sine wave is a far simpler process than creating a pure sine wave, which boils down to a modified sine wave inverter being a lot cheaper. The trade-off is that some electronics just don’t work properly or may even be damaged if they are not powered by a pure sine wave. Read the rest

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Explaining Pure Sine Wave Inverters

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It is time to think about pure sine wave inverters when you require efficiency. A pure sine wave inverter offers two things – these include the powering of devices effectively by using alternating current input without having to correct it first and offering power to devices that experience interference (radios are a perfect example). 

It is essential to know that there are real differences between sine wave inverters and modified sine wave inverters as this will avoid confusion and problems arising. Read the rest

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Energy Conservation in the Workplace

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One of the most important things when running a business is to ensure that you juggle the costs successfully as these will impact on your bottom line. Saving costs on energy is certainly something that has an impact on your business costs. 

Saving energy is the responsibility of everyone in the office. Employees need to make their contributions wherever they can to assist in making a dent in energy bills. Read the rest

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Explaining Victron Inverters

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Inverters are devices that convert electricity from direct current (DC) into AC, which is alternating current. With the correct transformers, AC can be any voltage. Inverters extract power from batteries to supply devices when the power goes out. 

In most instances, car batteries and marine batteries can supply enough power for up to an hour even when engines are switched off. Read the rest

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Prevention Against Direct Lightning Surges

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Lightning is nature’s power unleashed that can cause untold damage, and although it is a global occurrence, it is not equally distributed geographically. 

There are, however, numerous preventative measures that can be taken to avoid damage, especially to sensitive and costly electronic equipment in the work environment. 

The important of lightning protection cannot be stressed sufficiently as it needs to protect against disruptive and destructive results. Read the rest

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5 Ways To Protect Your Business From Lightning Surges

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At PHD we have come up with numerous surge protection options for your business that will ensure your electronics and other devices are protected during debilitating lightning strikes we are subjected to in South Africa. 

Five smart things you can do to ensure your electronics are taken care of during surges 

  • The PHD Surge Adapter is a Multi-Plug “Loop Through” device which is also a surge protector – this is an all-in-one device which can easily be configured in a workspace environment (it comes in a Loop Chain pattern) 
  • The PHD Telephone and Mains Surge Protection Unit is great when protecting any electronics that are connected to your telephone configuration in the workplace 
  • The DB Board Surge Protector is essential for the profitability of your business which plays an important role in the competence and dependability of numerous technologically advanced electronic devices in the office environment.
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