ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 5 Register your Electricians for the Level 7 BEng Industrial Electrical Engineering (Apprenticeship) and grow your own Engineers Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (Coordinating provider) For further information contact: Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Moylish Park, Limerick Tel: 061 293318/ 061 293183 rl°\ ENGINEERS '¼' IRELAND Editorial electric.ie Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd., Bluebell House Business Centre, Bluebell Avenue, Dublin 12 Tel: (087) 6698028 Info@electric.ie Reg. Dublin: 512293 Colin Sherlock Sales & Marketing Manager Layout/Design colin.sherlock@electric.ie DISCLAIMER Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. accept no responsiblity for the accuracy of contributed articles or statements appearing in this publication. Electric.ie is published by Electric Bureau Ireland Ltd. The magazine is circulated throughout Ireland and is available on wholesale trade counters and from representatives of electrical distributors who are members of EMDA The editor welcomes: contributions of technical papers, information on new products, details of installation projects and all editorial input of interest to our readers. Printed by W&G Baird Congratulations to Gerry Geoghegan (H.Sheils Ltd.) on his election as President of ‘The Association of Electrical Contractors (Ireland)’. Taking over the presidency from Colm Walsh at the recent AECI AGM, the association continues in safe hands in these difficult times for industry. The SEAI Energy Show was back. TUS two-year programme: Electrician to Engineer. Congratulations also to EcoVolt on winning the "Innovator of the Year" award at the recent 2020 SFA Awards event. Well deserved recognition for a very progressive\irish company. An opportunity to "Have Your Say" on the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy. Also, I.S. 3218 has under gone a revision and the resulting draft is now available for public comment. The "Electrician to Engineer" two year programme run by TUS adds to the recent upsurge in training now available to the industry. This course is a great opportunity for young electricians to further their studies. (Page 23). In this edition of the magazine Phoenix Contact has written a very informative article on safe electrical vehicle charging and protecting charging infrastructure from transient over-voltages. (Page 8) GARO present details on innovation with new products and developments for the future. (Page 7) L-R: Colm Walsh, Gerry Geoghegan with Chris Lundy. We review The SEAI Energy Shows very successful return as a live event after a two year absence. (Page 61) Early Warning! The IEBA Winter ball returns on 18th November. Stephen Dempsey of EcoVolt receives SFAAward.
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