PEW takes a look at the most sought after products from recent issues of Professional Electrician & Installer magazine to give you an insight into your key customers’ buying behaviour.

DIODE ELECTRICAL

Material comparison website

A new electrical material comparison website, Diode Electrical, aims to bring wholesaler and electrician closer together with speedy web tool.

Diode Electrical is a material comparison website for electricians to compare information regarding availability, delivery information, price and warranty of materials from a number of local wholesale branches.

The user simply has to enter their desired materials and they will instantly be provided with a list of electrical wholesale stores that have those products available. The service can also provide professional documents which can be attached to quotes for clients.

The membership for wholesalers is free for the first four months. Once the free trial ends it will be a unique, performance-based subscription.

LITHE AUDIO

Control4 Driver

Lithe Audio has developed a new driver that will give Control4 users control over their Lithe Audio multi-room Wi-Fi Ceiling Speakers.

Lithe Audio’s Wi-Fi ceiling speakers provide an all-in-one solution for multi-room music streaming. They include built-in 60W RMS amplifiers and Wi-Fi, so there’s no need for speaker cables in the walls. Just connect power from the lighting or power circuit and they can simply be set up via Airplay.

The new driver supports SDDP. It allows the user to control volume, track skipping and play, and muting. It also features ‘now playing’ meta data feedback, a ‘now playing’ progress bar, automatic room on/off for streaming, and auxiliary input switching.

ESP

Sangamo smart thermostat range

ESP has added a new Wi-Fi thermostat to its Sangamo range of heating controls and time switches.

Coming under Sangamo’s Choice range of heating controls, the Choice Wi-Fi Thermostat allows you to control and monitor the room temperature and thermostat activity from anywhere in the world, through the free to download Sangamo choice app.

ESP’s new Wi-Fi Thermostat offers energy efficient programming and with remote access via the app. It is suitable for electric, gas or oil systems.

Some of the features include:

– 100-metre open field range from thermostat to receiver (868mHz)

– 7 day programmable and six programmable events per day

– Large LCD display with option for the thermostat to be wall mounted or used with the desk top stand

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