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Air Curtains If, like me, you’ve ever wondered what that little puff of hot air is that touches your face as you walk through the doors of a large high street store, I’m here to break the news to you that this isn’t one of life’s little mysteries, it’s, in fact, the effect of an […]

Light Bulb Recycling It was way back in 2007 when the UK government made a declaration that old style incandescent light bulbs would be phased out by 2011 in favour of energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs. Their positive environmental impact is two-fold: they use less energy to create the same amount of light and they also need […]

LED Downlight Comparison Information for an Informed Choice Digging through the waffle and reams of downlight technical data can take forever. Not anymore! Simply click on the image below to view the full-size document. Click on any image in the document to get more information and up to date pricing on our website. Accuracy of […]

Indoor Air Pollution When we hear ‘air pollution’ we tend to think of factories pumping out smoke or exhaust fumes from vehicles. Overall, many people consider air pollution to be a problem which occurs outside but this just isn’t the case. Shockingly, the air we breathe inside, whether that be in offices, places of study […]

Light Bulb Type The light bulb industry has changed dramatically in recent years with more choice for customers than ever before. Traditionally, the consumer base has favoured standard incandescent bulbs for a long time. This is due to a variety of reasons, mainly that incandescent bulbs create an aesthetically pleasing light and are relatively cheap. […]

Basement Lighting Basements can be transformed into a multitude of different rooms, whether it’s a spare bedroom, den, games room or even a home cinema. In fact, with space coming at a premium in many major cities, some people are even moving into basement apartments. Although basements can offer a wealth of benefits there is […]

WEEE Regulations Electrical equipment has never been more in demand. Although this may be beneficial to consumers, the disposal of this equipment is having a negative effect on the environment. Electrical products are filling up landfills and causing damage to the surrounding environment due to their unique composition. In fact, each and every year a […]

New Carbon Monoxide Alarms Legislation For 2015 We all know the importance of installing fire alarms, in both public and residential buildings. In fact, it’s estimated that over 90% of homes are fitted with fire alarms but this isn’t the case when it comes to carbon monoxide detectors. Research carried out in 2011 by the […]

JCC are a huge local success story around these parts. Starting off with just a few fittings stocked in a unit on the Riverside Industrial Estate at Littlehampton in West Sussex (where we are now as it happens) in the 80’s, the Calendar family grew the company rapidly and then moved to huge bespoke premises […]

The Redring Revive Range has now been replaced. The New models can be viewed here. Redring Revive Their Expressions Range What? Well here’s the situation Redring used to do a very popular range of showers called the ‘Expressions range’. Many feel that this range didn’t need changing (me included), but hey, that’s the way the […]

Time Lag Switches – The Best Energy Saver? There’s so much new technology out there, providing new solutions to our planet-wide problem of massive energy wastage that perhaps we forget about the simpler, older solutions that have been available for some time now. It’s a good idea, of course, to change your lighting from halogen/incandescent […]

Glands and Cleats Charts For Steel Wire Armoured Cable We have collated this handy guide chart to help when sizing Cleats and Glands for armoured cable. *Please note – it is always best to try (or ask your supplier to) the gland and cleat on the cable before despatch as cable diameters can vary between […]