The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. Q. WHICH LIGHTING PRODUCTS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR A WAREHOUSE AND WHY? We’ve recently reviewed and upgraded the warehouse lighting at another of the Scolmore Group companies, ESP, to ...

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Katie Plumstead, Group Marketing Manager, Scolmore Group, puts the spotlight on some of the Ovia commercial floodlight products that are proving a hit with installers. Now in its fourth year of trading as an independent lighting company, Ovia continues to go from strength to strength. One area where the company continues to make big gains ...

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The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. Q. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT TO INSTALL ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR LED PANELS IN A GRID CEILING? We believe that the load bearing capacity would be in the requirement of ...

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With revisions to the RoHS Directive (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) coming into force, Mike Collins, Director of Operations at Ovia, looks at the implications of the ban on fluorescent lamps for contractors and installers. The EU published its review of RoHS exemptions on mercury containing lamps on 24th February 2022 in the Official Journal of ...

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Ovia continues to expand its range of Utility lighting and the latest addition is the company’s first industrial, rectangular bulkhead. REX is the name given to the new range of 5W IP65 CTA Rectangular LED Bulkheads and they are available in Standard, Emergency or with Photocell. Designed with the installer in mind, and with ease ...

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The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. Q. HOW OFTEN DO YOU UPDATE YOUR PRODUCT LISTINGS AND ARE YOUR CATALOGUES AVAILABLE IN HARD-COPY VERSIONS? Jason Wood, AJ Electrical Services When we first launched in 2019, the ...

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Scolmore Group, one of the UK’s leading organisations supplying the professional electrical contracting sector with wiring accessories, lighting, security, fire protection, cable accessories and heating control products, has released an updated version of its ‘Specification Solutions’ brochure. The new brochure brings together the ever-increasing range of products from across the businesses operating within the Scolmore ...

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Ovia continues to invest in new and enhanced products and the latest development sees the launch of a new Suspension Cable Kit designed for the Inceptor A-Lite and Inceptor B-Lite linear battens. The adjustable stainless steel cable allows installers to easily hang lighting safely and securely, at the height that is required. The B-Lite compatible ...

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The column where you get to put your lighting questions to the head of the Ovia lighting business, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. Q. WE’VE BEEN ASKED TO QUOTE FOR LIGHTING TO BE SUSPENDED OVER A NUMBER OF SNOOKER TABLES. APPARENTLY, THERE IS A CIBSE AND SPORTS ENGLAND (LG4) REQUIREMENT THAT THE ...

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Electrician turned businessman, Mike Page, kits out his new Loadout headquarters with Scolmore Group products. He describes himself as an electrician first and foremost, having worked on the tools for over ten years. More recently, however, Mike Page has developed a reputation as a businessman and entrepreneur after setting up his company, Loadout, which specialises ...

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