Electricity + Control October 2017

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CABLES + ACCESSORIES

Pre-fitted junction boxes to Go As the saying goes: “Why do it yourself, if you can get someone else to do it for you?” If you’re an electrical contractor and you need to fit junction boxes then that ‘someone else’ should defi- nitely be Pratley. That’s because they offer a service whereby their products can be factory fitted to your specifications saving plenty time and labour costs. Many installations done by electrical contractors include lighting distribution systems. A good example is where you need to supply power to a row of lights situated in an industrial building. This configuration normally includes three-way junction boxes where two of the entries are used to run the main armoured cable and the third entry is used to terminate a flexible cable which supplies power to the light fitting. Terminating these configurations on site is both time consuming and labour intensive, even more so if the installation is high up. “To make life easier for the installer we supply junction boxes factory fitted with Kwikblok rail mounted terminals. The most common configuration for single phase lighting distribution is two live, two neutral and two earth terminals which are bridged in pairs of two,” says Eldon Kruger, Marketing Director at Pratley. “We can also supply boxes fitted with any terminal configuration

to suite any reticulation requirement. The terminal rails are raised so the electrician can visually verify the correct connection of the wires into the terminals. This will minimise loose con- nections which can generate heat and cause connection failures later on.”

Pratley ’s Ezee-Fit and Aluminium Alloy Junction Boxes are supplied complete with built-in cable glands for steel wired armoured cable but these can also be adapted for unarmoured cable. “Very often we supply our junction boxes for large pro- jects pre-fitted with specific lengths of armoured cable. We can even supply the flexible cable and Pratley Compression Glands to supply power to the light fitting,” adds Eldon. Enquiries:Tel. +27 (0) 11 955 2190 or email sales@pratley.co.za

Alive with power for 50 years From humble beginnings in 1967, Alvern Cables has a manufacturing plant, based in Gauteng, Knights, where we use only the best virgin grade materials to manufacture our wide range of high end, low voltage electrical copper cables. These products are then distributed from one of our branches in Gauteng, Natal, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth or from our Export division. To highlight some of our newest products added to the family, AL-VK (RV-K) trailing cable, the only locally manufactured trailing cable with polyethylene cores. Split Neutral and earth concentric cables and Concentric Neutral with and without pilot cores for power supply to low cost develop- ments as well as our range of recently added blasting wire. What makes Alvern Cables unique is that not only do we manufacture cables but we also have a successful distribution division that buys and stocks premium quality cables and brands that cannot be manufacture by ourselves. Some examples of these products are Cat cables, RG cables, Alumin- ium cables, and Braided and Rubber cables. This area of our business has recently been expanded under the ICS (instrumentation, control and specialised) umbrella to include instrumentation and control. Our products are well priced and readily available making us a one stop cable shop. Renewables is the new buzz word in our industry and Alvern Cables stocks the new H1Z2Z2-K solar specification at a very competitive cost. We deal extensively with the likes of Eskom, Afrox, Transnet and many more in the formal sector and electrical construction game. From the power side to the electronic/ automation side we have a solution for you. We have hit the 50 year mark this year and are planning for the next 50 so our name is our game. Quality and service at a competitive price makes Alvern Cables your Value cable solution. Enquiries: Email stephen@alverncables.co.za

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