Electricity + Control May 2015

STANDBY + BACK-UP

Added capacity when demand is high Business has been growing steadily since Barloworld Power, Caterpillar’s southern African dealer, opened its power rental operation in CapeTown in October 2014 – and it’s not all about load shedding. Barloworld Power Rental is well established in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Angola.The decision to extend to CapeTown was based on demand from customers wanting reliable, backed up power solutions not only due to load shedding but also to provide additional capacity in high demand periods in agriculture and tourism in particular.The business rents and supports a wide range of Cat generator sets as well as industrial lighting solu- tions from AllightSykes. All generators are housed in sound at- tenuated, weather proof canopies with the smaller sets mounted on trailers for mobility. Generator sets can be synchronised to provide a range of solutions.Focal points of the new CapeTown power rental business in Bellville are naval and marine rentals, the growing oil and gas sector, the film industry, tourism and entertainment, as well as agriculture, says Brendon Hart, rental and used consultant in the fledgling CapeTown business. Hart is responsible for the Eastern Western and Northern Cape as well as Namibia. “We currently have more than 8,5 MVA of rental power in operation the western cape alone, 4 MVA in Namibia and 2 MVA in Eastern Cape.” He adds that while load shedding is causingmore businesses to consider back-up power, the secret of the success enjoyed by the power rental business in CapeTown has a lot to do with the reliability of Cat power systems and the support provided by Barloworld Power. “The agricultural sector has been proactive in seeking standby power solutions for peri- ods of high workload such as harvesting in the grape industry. Enquiries: Shivani Naidoo. Email snaidoo@barloworldpower.com

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For UPS back-up “ Trojan ’s Reliant AGM is specifically engineered for deep-cycling applications, unlike most AGM batteries on the market today which are designed for dual-purpose or standby applications, such as UPS back-up,” said Dave Godber,Trojan Battery’s execu- tive vice president of sales and marketing. “Trojan has focused on deep-cycle technology longer than any other battery manu- facturer in the industry and has utilised our extensive expertise and knowledge in developing the industry’s most reliable deep- cycle AGM battery.”“Trojan’s Reliant line of true deep-cycle AGM batteries feature elements that offer a new direction in AGM technology,” said Gordon Beckley, senior vice president of engineering and quality assurance atTrojan Battery. “As the only true deep-cycle AGM battery on the market today, Reliant AGM is a completely new AGM design, which our engineering team has been developing for the last several years.” Enquiries: Kari Garcia. Email kgarcia@trojanbattery.com

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