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News Release from: Flex Connectors | Subject: Flex 7 lighting connection and control
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 14 May 2008
Meeting the challenge at hospitals and
healthcare
Contractors and MandE consultants in healthcare refurbishment sector are choosing to use flex 7 lighting connection and control products from Flex Connectors.
The extensive programme of construction and refurbishment taking place in the healthcare sector provides considerable opportunities for the lighting industry - yet hospital and healthcare buildings can also present particular challenges for electrical contractors Lights often require different daytime or nightime settings or dimming control and essential and non-essential circuits are frequently used throughout the installation
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 30 Jul 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a result, an increasing number of contractors and MandE consultants are choosing to use flex 7 lighting connection and control products from Flex Connectors.
Flex 7 is ideally suited to many areas of healthcare buildings, with a range of connection units configured to handle dual essential and non-essential circuits.
They can be controlled by hard wired switches, plug-in mains switch drops, On/Off lighting controls or dimming controls (DSI or DALI) and can incorporate connections and plug-in controls for dimming fluorescent lighting.
Alternatively, they can include connections for self-testing and monitoring emergency test equipment.
They also allow automatic load shedding in the event of a power failure, without two completely separate lighting connection installations.
As a result, flex 7 is being specified and installed in a variety of hospital and healthcare facilities throughout the UK.
These include the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Neath/Port Talbot Hospital, Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and the new GBP28 million Aldershot Centre for Health, which will be the UK's largest primary healthcare centre covering almost 13,000 m2.
To help contractors and consultants find the best possible solution for the challenges presented by hospital and healthcare buildings, Flex Connectors also offers a full project service, which can include: quotations; product schedules; individually manufactured, configured and labelled equipment; and packaging circuit by circuit or room by room, according to the installation requirement.
To find out how flex 7 can help you meet the healthcare challenge, download the Healthcare Applications Data Sheet from the Flex Connectors website at www.flexconnectors.co.uk or email marketing@flexconnectors.co.uk.
An applications data sheet for educational buildings is also available. Request a free brochure from Flex Connectors ...
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