Electric Magazine May/June 2018

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 19 Hager Ireland Easy to set up The user can set up and adjust all major lighting parameters via two easily accessible potentiometers: Potentiometer 1 adjusts the response brightness (between 5 and 1000 lux), allowing the lighting to be optimally adapted to the daylight. Potentiometer 2 controls the duration of the luminescence (between 2 sec and 30 min). M o t i o n d e t e c t i o n 6 m d i a m e t e r P r e s e n c e d e t e c t i o n 4 m d i a m e t e r Energy savings of up to 90% Standby consumption of only 0.3 W Long-term energy savings Modern lighting fixtures such as LEDs and halogen lamps often have high in rush currents, sometimes up to 1000 times your nominal current. This puts a strain on the contacts of the connected motion and presence detectors and can lead to premature wear of the relay. To prevent this, the new detectors from Hager have been equipped with zero-cross switching for the first time. This calculates the zero-crossing of the AC voltage and keeps the inrush current to a minimum – thus sparing the relay contacts and extending durability, even in high switching occurrence. Long-term savings Electricity costs are rising. According to figures released by Eurostat in November 2017, when compared to the average price for the EU-28 countries, Ireland’s electricity prices were 13% higher. It’s therefore a good idea to install motion and presence detectors, as they save up to 90% of lighting energy by switching on lights strictly when they are needed. Not only that, but the new devices by Hager will win over your customers with an extremely low standby consumption of just 0.3 W. So now there’s two good reasons to invest in a detector!