SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels: Next-Generation Touchscreen Solutions

The SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels are designed to provide a seamless and intuitive user experience. Featuring a modern interface similar to smartphones, these panels offer a robust, hardened glass front that supports glove operation. Their anti-reflective, high-brilliance glass ensures excellent readability, while advanced fault detection technology identifies accidental touches, such as the heel of a hand. With high electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), these panels are built to perform reliably in diverse industrial environments.

Key Features

• Multitouch Screens: Available in sizes ranging from 7″ to 22″ for versatile user interaction.
• Authentication: Use the SIMATIC Unified Air app (iOS and Android) for secure access to SIMATIC HMI Unified Comfort Panels via your mobile device’s fingerprint or face recognition sensor.
• Connectivity: Full connectivity with both Ethernet interfaces—Profinet and Ethernet.
• Preinstalled Applications: Panels come with preinstalled, ready-to-use applications.
• Protection Accessories: Includes adapters and frames designed for migrating from Comfort Panels to Unified Comfort Panels, ensuring a smooth transition and continued protection.

FLO CoRe+ Series: Advanced EV Chargers for Efficient Charging Solutions

The FLO CoRe+ Series offers versatile, reliable fast charging for various settings, including workplaces, multi-residential units, and fleets. Its convenient cable management features include twisted steel cables and a counterweight system to prevent tripping hazards and ensure smooth retraction.

The multi-function CoRe+ pedestals double as junction boxes, reducing the need for additional installations on a single branch circuit. Supported by FLO’s North American manufacturing, you benefit from comprehensive after-sale support, including 24/7 driver assistance and quick access to spare parts. With one of the industry’s most extensive warranties, proactive monitoring, automatic updates, and customizable access controls, the CoRe+ Series ensures optimal performance and reliability.

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Electrical load 208 VAC or 240 VAC for each charging station

Charging Power 1.2 – 7.2 kW (maximum configurable by software)

Output Current 6 A to 30 A

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CoRe+ MAX^TM

Input Rating 208 VAC or 240 VAC for each charging station

Max Output Power 1.2 kW to 19.2 kW 0.5 to 125 ADC

Max Output Current 6A to 80A

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Cut Your BC Hydro Bill by Charging Your EV During Off-Peak Hours

Looking to manage your home electricity consumption as an EV owner? Consider BC Hydro’s tiered rate with time-of-day pricing.

By opting in:

• You’ll enjoy a 5-cent discount per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electricity used between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
• A 5-cent surcharge per kWh will apply for usage between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.

This plan is ideal for EV owners who can charge their vehicles at home overnight. With a few adjustments to your routine, switching to this plan can help you save money while also easing demand on the electrical grid during peak hour.

ABB Microlectric Meter Sockets: BC Hydro Approved and Code Compliant

The ABB Microlectric meter bases are proudly designed and manufactured in Canada. These meter bases are built to meet Canadian code requirements and are CSA-certified for overhead, underground, or combined services, accommodating both copper and aluminum conductors.

The ABB Microlectric® all-in-one 400 and Microlectric® CT-L Series meter socket is designed to meet the latest requirements for single-family residential services. These meter sockets are built to meet Canadian code requirements and are CSA-certified for overhead, underground, or combined services, accommodating both copper and aluminum conductors. They comply with BC Hydro’s instrument transformer enclosure standards for services approved after March 1, 2013.

Microlectric® all-in-one 400

• Load Side Terminations: Tunnel type connectors, dual-rated for 1 x 500 kcmil or 2 x 250 kcmil
• Dimensions: 30-5/8 in. H x 20-1/4 in. W x 8-3/8 in. D; made of heavy gauge galvanized steel with an oven-cured grey enamel finish. Weight: 72 lb. (32.7 kg)
• Knockouts: Three bottom knockouts for 1-1/4 in., 1-1/2 in., 2 in., 2-1/2 in., 3 in., 3-1/2 in., and 4 in. conduit
• Enclosure: Weatherproof Type 3R
• Metering: 400/5 A, 5 Jaw; provisions for test switches (test switches supplied by BC Hydro) and current transformer (transformer supplied by BC Hydro)
• Secondary Circuit Wiring: Not included (to be wired by BC Hydro)

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Microlectric® CT-L Series

• Transformer-Rated: 20 A, 600 V maximum
• Conductor Range: 14-10 AWG
• Connectors: Tunnel type connectors for both load and line sides
• Service Type: For underground service only
• Meter Compartment Cover: Overlaps the lower test switch compartment cover, with the meter securely holding the upper cover in place via a catch and an additional piece for extra security
• Protection: A cover conceals the hydro seal from view
• Test Switch Compartment: The lower test switch compartment cover is securely held by the upper cover and can be locked to restrict access

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Cooper WaveLinx: The Future of Connected Lighting Systems

The Cooper WaveLinx connected lighting system is an innovative, scalable, and integrated system that encompasses sensors, keypads, and luminaires, providing flexibility and compatibility for various needs. WaveLinx is energy-efficient and complies with the ASHRAE 90.1 building code, making it ideal for commercial environments such as universities, hospitals, and offices. With WaveLinx, you can manage lighting across multiple floors, buildings, or even entire campuses directly from your mobile device. The system supports both wired and wireless connectivity, offering solutions for indoor, outdoor, commercial, and industrial applications. WaveLinx also integrates with smart building platforms via BACnet/IP and Public API (REST), sharing valuable insights on space and asset usage to optimize building performance and efficiency.

WaveLinx Wireless enables seamless connectivity across various sites, while WaveLinx Wired supports complex features and controls through a two-wire local bus. Both systems are complemented by a comprehensive range of voltage luminaires, sensors, control devices, wall stations, and accessories, ensuring optimal customization. By integrating these components and leveraging advanced data features, WaveLinx not only enhances operational efficiency but also meets comfort requirements and regulatory standards, showcasing how advanced lighting technology is reshaping building management.

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What are some of the best ways to avoid falling behind, and be ready for the upcoming lighting season? Here’s a lighting checklist to stay ahead of the curve. 

Reset Lighting Controls and Adjust Settings

Make sure to update your lighting control systems to ensure a seamless transition into fall days. Here are some reminders:

• Review Timers and Sensors: Check and recalibrate timers and light sensors to synchronize with changing sunset times, ensuring lights activate when needed.
• Adjust Dimmers: Modify dimmer settings to create gradual transitions in indoor lighting, minimizing abrupt changes and enhancing comfort.
• Program Smart Systems: Program smart lighting systems to automatically adjust lighting levels based on daylight changes, enhancing energy efficiency. Smart lighting systems such as Cooper’s WaveLinx can help building occupants easily maintain control and connection.

Upgrade Fixtures to LEDs and Update Supplies

Ensure that indoor and outdoor spaces remain well-lit, safe, and energy-efficient by taking the following measures:

• Evaluate Light Intensity: Take a look at the existing fixtures to see if they provide enough illumination in indoor and outdoor areas. Diminished brightness could mean you need higher wattage or more efficient LEDs.
• Check Colour Temperature: For indoor lighting, consider adjusting the colour temperature to create a warmer and cozier ambiance on darker evenings.
• Assess Existing Fixtures: If the existing fixtures have been used for a long time, their output may have degraded, and they might need to be replaced with energy-efficient LED options to save money and reduce electricity usage.
• Check Dimmers: Test the functionality of dimmable lights to ensure they aren’t flickering. Inconsistent dimming could suggest worn-out lights, while buzzing, or uneven lighting output, can indicate deterioration or potential wiring issues.
• Review Outdoor Security Lighting: Inspect outdoor security and pathway lighting to make sure they’re still providing adequate lighting and enhanced safety. RAB Design Lighting’s safety lighting and motion sensors offer a variety of methods to improve security. 
• Consider Smart Lighting: Smart lighting solutions with automated schedules and remote control optimize lighting during changing daylight hours.
• Update Your Replacement Inventory: Stock up on specific inventory you might need to prepare for the months ahead.

Refresh Your Outdoor Landscape Lighting

You can easily create a more comfortable and safer outdoor space by revitalizing fall landscape lighting to align with the new season. Here’s where to start: 

• Check Fixtures: Thoroughly examine outdoor light fixtures for wear, corrosion, or damage, and replace or repair them as needed.
• Inspect Wiring and Connections: Check for signs of damage and wear to ensure safe and efficient electrical flow.
• Clean Fixture Lenses and Covers: Remove dirt, debris, and obstructions that can dim lighting.
• Upgrade to Seasonal Lighting: Replace existing bulbs with those featuring warmer colour temperatures to create a cozy autumnal ambiance.
• Modify Angles and Heights: Adjust fixtures to align with changing foliage and prevent light obstructions as trees shed leaves.
• Test Safety Lighting: Ensure that safety lighting is robust and reliable, especially for pathways and stairways.
• Add Accent Lighting and Highlight Focal Points: Introduce accent lighting to showcase landscape elements. You can also adjust the lighting focus of fixtures to highlight fall’s colourful trees, pathways, or other decorative elements.

Check out our Landscape Lighting Guide for inspiration.

Think Ahead to Winter Lighting

It’s never too early to plan ahead! Here are some reminders for planning your fall to winter transition. 

• Inspect Exterior Fixtures: Examine outdoor lighting for durability, moisture resistance, and potential issues that could arise during winter. If you’re looking to upgrade lighting, Eaton Crouse-Hinds Crouse-Hinds is known for products that withstand the harshest environments.
• Review Fall Adjustments: Assess the effectiveness of lighting adjustments you’ve made for fall, and consider how they align with winter.
• Evaluate Energy Efficiency: Analyze energy consumption patterns during fall and explore ways to optimize energy usage for winter.
• Check for Snow Accumulation: Anticipate snow around outdoor fixtures and plan for proper positioning to prevent obstruction.
• Reassess Safety Lighting: Check the functionality of safety lights to ensure they provide proper illumination for icy conditions.
• Upgrade for Cold Temperatures: Ensure that lighting components are rated for winter’s chilly weather.
• Verify Timers and Sensors: As sunset times get earlier in winter, confirm that timers and sensors are adjusted to reflect these changes.
• Consider Holiday Lighting: Plan for holiday lighting schemes and decorations, if desired, before the start of winter.

Learn more about the four essential steps you should take to prepare outdoor and landscape lighting for winter.

No Need to Fall Behind on Seasonal Lightning

By following this checklist, you’ll effectively transition any indoor or outdoor space from summer to fall—and start planning for winter—with lighting solutions that enhance safety, comfort, and aesthetics.

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Lumark Canopy and Floodlights

Need to illuminate your walkways or entrances? Lumark Canopy is designed to enhance outdoor spaces, combining innovative design with cutting-edge technology. It is the perfect blend between functionality and aesthetics. With its sleek and modern design, this canopy lighting fixture adds a touch of elegance to any environment and delivers exceptional performance and energy efficiency.

Cooper Lumark The Night Falcon floodlight incorporates a separate driver compartment for maximum heat dissipation resulting in a longer fixture and LED life. It uses precision engineered optics delivering superior uniformity and excellent illumination to the targeted application. Typical applications include area lighting for security, building facade lighting, accent and signage lighting in both commercial and industrial applications. The Night Falcon is IP66 and 3G vibration rated.

WaveLinx Controls

Stay connected with Cooper WaveLinx, an app-based connected lighting system that’s easy to install, control, and manage. Whether it is a single room, an entire floor, a whole building or an entire campus, Cooper WaveLinx complies with the latest energy codes, maximizes energy savings and improves occupant experience, while collecting and communicating data to value-added applications.

Halo Downlights

Cooper Halo downlights have become synonymous with superior lighting solutions. Cooper Halo’s award-winning downlighting collections offer the most extensive portfolio of aperture sizes, mounting configurations and LED colour temperatures, while featuring easy installation features and advanced technology solutions. Their state-of-the-art engineering and high-quality construction ensure optimal luminaire efficiencies and optical performance.

MetaLux High Bays

Designed to withstand demanding environments and provide long-lasting performance, Metalux high bays are an ideal solution for manufacturing, retail, warehouse, and gymnasium applications. Metalux offers a range of high bay fixtures with various wattages, lumen outputs, and beam angles, meeting specific needs.

UHB High Bay

• Compact, 12” and 16” round die cast aluminum housing
• White polyester powder coat finish
• Lumen packages up from 12,000 up to 30,000
• Mono point installation – hook included
• Medium distribution standard
• 4000k and 5000k CCT with a minimum CRI of 80
• IP65 rated
• 0-10V dimming standard

VHB High Bay

• Compact, lightweight design for ease of installation
• High Impact Polycarbonate optical lens
• 8 lumen packages available (9,000, 12,000, 15,000, 18,000, 24,000 30,000, 36,000, 48,000)
• Simple switch available to set lumens as needed for the task
• High-Performance efficacy up to 164 lm/W
• Connected lighting options available for added savings
• Lumen Maintenance – L85 @ 60,000 hours
• Precision optics in narrow and wide distribution
• 0-10V Dimming driver standard
• Up to 65% energy savings

OHB High Bay

• Precision designed optical performance
• Offered in both standard and high efficacy versions
• High performance efficacy up to 205 lm/W
• Efficient 1-for-1 replacement of linear fluorescent & HID fixtures
• Lumen packages – 12K, 15K, 18K, 24K, 30K, 36K, 48K, 60K, 72K, 90K, 100K
• Narrow, medium, and wide distribution
• 3000K, 3500K, 4000k and 5000k CCT
• 70CRI, 80CRI, and 90CRI options
• 0-10V dimming standard

MetaLux Troffers

Bad lighting at your office? Metalux Troffers are the upgrade you need. The flat panels use advanced LED technology, providing bright and uniform illumination while consuming less energy than traditional lighting fixtures. They provide uniform light distribution, minimizing shadows and hotspots, creating a comfortable and visually pleasing environment. Its versatility, combined with the easy installation, makes Metalux Troffers the ideal choice for your project.

Lumark Wallpacks

The patented Lumark Crosstour LED and the Wal-Pak series provide an architectural style with super bright, energy efficient LEDs. The low-profile, rugged die-cast aluminum construction, universal back box, stainless steel hardware, and a sealed and gasketed optical compartment make the Crosstour and Wal-Pak impervious to contaminants.

The Crosstour outdoor wall mount light is ideal for wall/surface, inverted mount for façade/canopy illumination, post/bollard and low level pathway illumination including stairs. Typical applications include building entrances, multi-use facilities, apartment buildings, institutions, schools, stairways and loading docks projects.

The Wal-Pak is offered in a variety of lamp sources including energy efficient LED, pulse start metal halide and high pressure sodium. The Wal-Pak luminaire is ideal for pathway illumination, building entrances, vehicle ramps, schools, tunnels, stairways and loading docks.

Lumark Roadway/Area

The Lumark LAS Area and Site luminaire provide automatic dusk-to-dawn area lighting for parking lots, walkways, and other outdoor areas. This high-efficiency LED luminaire delivers maximum energy savings while lowering overall maintenance costs. The pole mount arm mounts directly to round and square poles, and the adjustable slip fitter arm mounts horizontally or vertically allowing for versatility and a simple installation.

Metalux Linear

Designed for commercial, industrial, and architectural spaces, Metalux Linear fixtures provide uniform and energy-efficient illumination. Available in various colour temperature options, they offer versatility in installation. This is the ideal lighting solution for customers looking to upgrade their fluorescent luminaires to a high performing LED system.

About Cooper Lighting Solutions

Cooper Lighting Solutions delivers forward-thinking lighting solutions and an industry-leading portfolio of indoor and outdoor lighting, lighting controls and smart lighting systems that make people’s lives safer, while making buildings, homes and cities smarter and more sustainable. These solutions are specifically designed to simplify and personalize lighting, solve complex business challenges and leverage data insights to meet the unique needs of our customers. Cooper Lighting Solutions is a business unit of Signify, the world leader in lighting, and seeks to unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world. For more information, visit cooperlighting.com.

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Without the inventions we have today, we would not be able to communicate through the internet, drive cars, or even eat french fries. Thanks to inventors, we can do all these things and even more. One famous inventor, Thomas Edison, created incandescent light bulbs, photographs, motion pictures, and many other things. Over his lifetime, Thomas acquired more than 1000 patents for all his inventions. Thomas Edison is one of the most renowned inventors to this day. To pay respect to how he has changed and bettered the world, United States president Ronald Reagan declared February 11, Thomas Edison’s birthday, as National Inventors Day to celebrate him and all the other creative and innovative individuals.

One Bright Idea Led to a Bright Future

After many years of experimentation, Thomas Edison cracked the code into a practical incandescent light bulb. The secret was a high-resistance cotton filament that burned over 14 hours and consumed less electricity than other models. By combining the filament and the Sprengel air pump invention, Thomas improved the suction of gasses out of glass bulbs. As a result, the incandescent light bulb was born. The invention of the incandescent light bulb leads to numerous other lighting developments which have impacted the lighting industry and countless other industries that use lighting technology. At E.B. Horsman, our partners have the latest lighting advancements to ensure you get the best products whenever you need them.

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Light Up Your Life With E.B. Horsman & Son

Ledalite MesoOptics

With all good inventions comes research and development; this is why Ledalite invested millions of dollars into their technology development and revolutionized the lighting industry with their MesoOptics. MesoOptics is a new scientific breakthrough inspired by nature that replicates the same effect of butterfly wing’s three-dimensional crystal nanostructures that selectively curve and scatter light using holographic technology. With the use of patented processes, the lighting distributions are less than 5 microns in size; these light distributions are applied to a recyclable substrate that creates a highly efficient and unique lighting control approach. MesoOptics can be customizable to fit the requirements of any environment. For help customizing your Ledalite MesoOptics, contact your local E.B. Horsman branch.

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Coopers Wavelinx Connected Lighting System

Another innovation in the lighting industry is the Coopers Wavelinx connected lighting system. The scalable and integrated system composed of sensors, keypads, luminaries, and more components allows for flexibility and compatibility. Not only is the system energy efficient, but it also meets the comfort requirements for everyday life. Additionally, it complies with ASHRAE 90.1 building code needed for commercial buildings. The innovative system can solve many lighting concerns in commercial buildings like universities, hospitals, and offices. From just your mobile device, you can light up a single room or an entire campus. Two types of connectivity are offered within the Wavelinx system, wired and wireless. The Wavelinx Wireless system connects multiple floors, buildings, and sites managed with your mobile device. Wavelinx Wireless is ideal for indoor, outdoor, commercial, and industrial applications. The Wavelinx Wired connections allow for complex features and controls. With Wavelinx’s two-wire local bus, you can light up a single space or an environment with complex lighting control specifications. Both connectivity systems have a comprehensive portfolio of voltage luminaires with embedded sensors, ceiling sensors, control devices, wall stations, and accessories, providing optimal choices to create the system you want.

Celebrating Electrical Innovation at Rack-A-Tiers Manufacturing

Rack-A-Tiers Manufacturing is one of our partners that embrace inventions consistently. As inventors themselves, they created the Multi-Use Wire Dispense, a product that is “so simple yet effective”. The plastic mold is waterproof, reliable, rugged, and easy to set up. Since their first invention, Rack-A-Tiers Manufacturing has designed a platform that lets electricians share creations that have helped them to help other electricians facing the same issue. Already In 2023, there are over 20 new inventions developed. For your electrical necessities, Rack-A-Tiers has a product that can solve your problem. If they don’t have what you are looking for, they will find it for you!

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