March 2020 Newsletter

Hey! Matt and Pat here.

Automation is more than cool. It can prevent problems and save you heaps of money. In this month’s newsletter, we talk about easy to retrofit automation solutions for work and home. Read on to learn more.

At Ku-ring-gai Electrical Service, we’re committed to your safety and comfort. Call us on 0418 442 578 or email info@kuring.com.au to arrange your appointment.

Cheers,

Matt Cox & Pat Dobbs

Business automation for essential operations

For some businesses, equipment breakdown or a power outage can cause significant financial and operational problems. Examples include:

• Cool rooms filled with stock
• Data centres that must keep their systems operational
• Medical centres – especially those delivering life support, dialysis and other essential health services
• Electric fences to keep animals secure

In these situations, organisations need to be proactive about the condition of their strategic assets. Now, there’s an easy to retrofit solution that monitors energy and power in real time.

PowerTag^® from Schneider Electric is a compact and easy-to-install energy sensor. While it’s suitable for residential use, we currently believe it’s most effective for commercial applications. (For home automation solutions, read the next article.)

How it works

PowerTag^® is compact and plugs into your circuit breaker or other protection device. It’s completely wireless so there’s no need for additional communications cabling to make it work.

Once installed, PowerTag^® will send real time alarms direct to your smartphone or by email if it senses:

• Voltage loss
• Switchboard trips
• Electrical overloads
• Electrical anomalies or equipment failure

It also assists in monitoring energy usage.

To discover if PowerTag^® will be right for your business, contact the team at Ku-ring-gai Electrical Service on 0418 442 578 or info@kuring.com.au

Home automation made simple and cost effective

At this stage, a fully automated home is still a luxury for many, but locally designed Powermesh is providing cost effective solutions that you can scale to your own requirements. Best of all, it works off your smart phone.

The Powermesh system allows you to determine which powerpoints and/or light fittings you’d like to automate – just one, several or your entire home.

It could be your fridge and freezer powerpoints if you travel a lot or have a holiday home. Afterall, for food safety reasons, it’s important to know if there’s been a power outage while you’ve been away.

Some families have curious toddlers they want to keep safe. The Powermesh system can ‘lock’ easy to access powerpoints to prevent nasty shocks. Then, when you wish to use the powerpoint, you simply ‘unlock’ it and plug in your appliance.

Powermesh also allows you to monitor each powerpoint so you can identify your biggest energy guzzlers.

The Powermesh range currently includes a double powerpoint and a single light switch. Additional products are in the pipeline.

To chat about how the Powermesh system could assist you to automate your home and make your life easier, call the team at Ku-ring-gai Electrical on 0418 442 578 or email info@kuring.com.au

For all your home and office wiring needs, contact Ku-ring-gai Electrical Service on 0418 442 578 or email info@kuring.com.au.

Service Promise

We have 4 key service promises. Here’s one of them – We value your time.

Life’s busy and we understand how difficult it can be to wait around for a tradie, so this is what we promise you:

• We’ll give you a 2 hour window so you know when to expect us.
• When we come to give you a quote, we’ll stay to do the work if you’d like to proceed. There’s no obligation so if you need some thinking time, we’ll be happy to come back another day.

For all your home or office wiring needs, contact Ku-ring-gai Electrical on 0418 442 578 or info@kuring.com.au