Posts Tagged ‘Tech Note’


Posted by Jon Whiten on January 23, 2014 in Uncategorized

techNote – How it works – Xenon Strobe Beacons

The third in our 2014 techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application.  The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options. This techNOTE discusses the anatomy of a Xenon Strobe Beacon, identifying its key components […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on January 16, 2014 in Uncategorized

techNote – Advantages of LEDs

The latest techNOTE for 2014 is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application.  The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options. This techNOTE discusses the advantages of LEDs as a light source as used in our Visual […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on January 9, 2014 in Uncategorized

techNote – Beacon Light Sources

The first techNOTE for 2014 is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application.  The series unpacks some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options. This techNOTE discusses the different light sources used in our Visual Warning Beacons and can […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on September 12, 2013 in Uncategorized

techNOTE – Low Intensity Obstacle Warning

The second of our new techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application.  This series will unpack some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options. This techNOTE discusses our range of ICAO Annex 14 Low Intensity […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on September 2, 2013 in Uncategorized

New techNOTE Series

The first of our new techNOTE series is published today aiming to help you select the very best product for your application.  This series will unpack some of the product differences across our range and outline the pros and cons of some of the individual options. First-up is a discussion of the three main technologies […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on April 29, 2013 in Uncategorized

EN54-23:2010 – Deadline moved to 31st December 2013

The coexistence period for EN 54-23 ended at the beginning of March 2013 meaning that “Visual Alarm Devices” (VAD) or “Beacons” sold for notifying a person to an Fire Alarm are required to be CE marked to EN54-23:2010. Due to the shortage of certified products in the marketplace, along with an amendment to the standard […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on February 21, 2013 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – REACH (for the stars!)

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) REACH came into force on 1st June 2007, essentially an environmental and health & safety initiative to identify where and how chemicals are used across all industries, and how they might impact both […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on January 17, 2013 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – Light Part 3 – Colour

This is the final instalment in our short three part series discussing Light. In the first part we will briefly looked at what we define light to be and went on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In the second part we discussed Luminous Intensity and in […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on January 10, 2013 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – EN54-23

What is EN54-23? EN54-23 or to give it its full title “Fire detection and fire alarm systems – Part 23: Fire alarm devices – Visual alarm devices”, was produced to standardise the requirements, in terms of construction, robustness and performance of warning beacons used within a fire detection system.  The purpose of the beacons being […]

Posted by Jon Whiten on December 20, 2012 in Uncategorized

Tech Thursday – Light Part 2 – Luminous Intensity and its measurement

This is the second instalment of a short three part series discussing Light. In the first part we briefly looked at what we define light to be went on to discuss some of the photometric units that are typically found in photometric measurements. In this second part continue on to discuss Luminous Intensity and in […]