Monitoring for your Lightning protection using ImpulseCheck

ImpulseCheck is the world’s first intelligent assistance system for surge protection in the field of mains protection. The module allows you to measure the state of health of every single protective device via cloud connection and provides new digital services. With it, you can detect the actual load on the surge protective devices being monitored, and therefore on your system as well. This makes it possible to predict failures and schedule maintenance more effectively.

(Written by Richard Schoonebeek)

For me April is the best month of the year for a few good reasons. The first, we are allowed to play the fool and get praised for it the better the joke. The start of Autumn that brings out some beautiful colours. The roads are quieter as people go on holiday for the long weekend and school holidays. An overall mild temperature during the day and colder evenings that make warmer foods taste that much better. Last but not least, of course is the copious amounts of Easter eggs. For those going on holiday I hope you have a great break and for those that will be working, enjoy the quieter roads. Please be safe. Today I would like to give you an overview of some connectors Phoenix Contact have other than the Din Rail mounted connectors. Phoenix Contact have solutions for your applications from the cabinet to the field and anything in between with our Data, Signal and Power connectors.

More than just a comprehensive product range

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(Written by Bruce Patton)

The current power crisis is doing many things – damaging the economy, causing our nerves to fray, and exposing South Africa’s claims to be leap-frogging into the forth industrial revolution. As some witty commentators have pointed out, we seem not to have got the second industrial revolution right yet, and should perhaps focus on that first. It would be funny, if it wasn’t so serious.

So what has this to do with Phoenix Contact?

Well to start with, the manufacture of Phoenix Contact products is not dependent on load shedding, rolling blackouts or the whims of Eskom. You are assured of getting your orders delivered on time, no matter what is happening on our grid. Our large stock holding in the Johannesburg warehouse as well as Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth offices together with weekly air freights further guarantees reliable delivery. There is another compelling consideration which you may not be aware of in the form of Value Added Services which I will elaborate on.

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(Written by Rudi Erasmus)

Internet of things (IoT) is the latest buzzword and everyone seeks the holy grail of being able to connect from mechanical or digital machines, with unique identifiers, to transfer data over networks without requiring human-to-human or human-to-machine interaction. Continue reading →

(Written by Kevin Mann)

During my travels in the employ of Phoenix Contact I have visited many a workshop; big, small, chaotic, ordered, ultra safe, unsafe but most are undoubtedly a mixture of all of these factors to a greater or lesser extent.

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(Written by Richard Schoonebeek)

WOW! Is it just me or is this year flying by? Every year it feels like everything gets forced forward in time. Walking through the shops and seeing all the Easter egg displays doesn’t help for a chocoholic like me. The one good thing that comes from it is brand awareness and your unlimited choices. However, with all the endless choices, we are always drawn towards the product that stands out the most. And just like the in-store Easter egg displays, at Phoenix Contact you are spoilt for choice! But today, I’d like to tell you about one of the products that stand out for me. The Phoenix Contact FDX20 series Splice box. Before we get started though, I’d like to give you the history of how Fiber Optics started and how far it has come since the beginning – because it’s a ‘force’ to reckoned with!

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(written by Tony Rayner)

The Circuit Breaker Multichannel Compact (CBMC) is the most compact, four-channel electronic device circuit breaker. The CBMC provides greater functionality in a small amount of space. Thanks to Push-in connection technology, they are particularly suitable for use in machine building and control technology. Continue reading →