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- Have you ever found yourself putting together
a permanent or a temporary electrical assembly
and thinking, "I wish this had this device or that feature"?
Then this would be the perfect bit of kit.
Well, if you have then this is the perfect bit of kit.
It's the topTer range from Lewden, a new way of installing
socket outlets into industrial environments,
although it has lots of other applications including
a perfect solution for supplies to caravan pitchers.
It's endlessly adaptable, flexible and adjustable.
Now, the thing I love about this product
is the modularity of it.
Think of it as the Lego of the electrical world
where you can put together lots of different components
to come up with something tailored
to meet your specific needs.
The enclosures are available in this windowed version
which can incorporate circuit protection,
or in this version where several socket outlets
can be connected up.
And both of these enclosures come in different sizes.
The enclosures are rated at IP 66 and 67
which makes them suitable for pretty serious environments.
Now, this is the topTer range,
so we'll start from the top down.
Often with IP 67 rated enclosures, you can break a nail
trying to open the lids up.
But the windowed enclosure
has this beautiful opening mechanism.
Now, when we first encountered this topTer system,
our publisher here at eFix absolutely fell in love
with this feature, and I'm sure you'll agree
that is some lovely engineering.
But the best thing about it is that it makes the lid
lockable, so it gives us an added safety feature.
Now, there's a subtle difference between the two front
plates on these windowed enclosures.
This one has two gang spaces for outlets to be installed,
and this one has single gang outlets.
Now, as you can see from the examples here,
there is a huge array of different outlets available.
Just as a bare sampling as examples you've got a three-phase
and neutral 32-amp, with an interlocking isolator.
A 13-amp BS1363 outlet.
Under this clear cover, you've got data outlets,
then this absolute beast of a 63-amp outlet,
and a 16-amp outlet with an interlocking isolator.
And again, just looking at that adaptability,
this socket is rated at IP44, which may be all
that's required in certain environments.
Moving over to the other enclosure,
we've got a few more options.
We've got a 110 volt, IP44 outlet there, then a blank plate
should it be required, a 16-amp single-phase plug
that could act as a connection point
for this panel to power it up.
Then there's this different feature here.
A two gang switch with retractive switching.
Along the bottom row here there's a 16-amp single-phase
socket outlet in the XCEE style, with an interlocking
rotary switch built into the base.
Then another 13-amp BS1363 outlet that maintains the IP
rating when that plug is connected.
And finally, a 16-amp single-phase socket outlet,
and a 32-amp three-phase and neutral socket outlet.
Now, this doesn't cover the full range of outlets,
switches, and accessories that are available
as part of this endlessly flexible
and adaptable electrical assembly.
Now, these have just been put together as samples
of what's available, and one particular arrangement
may not meet your needs, so Lewden provide over 80
different variants on this theme, with different layouts,
different outlets, and different positions of items.
But if one of those over 80 different layouts
doesn't meet your requirements, the good new is that,
as we've already said, this range is like the Lego
of the electrical industry.
It can all fit together in lots of different ways
to produce lots of different outcomes.
So, you can contact Lewden,
tell them what your requirements are, exactly what you want,
and they will put it together for you.
It all comes pre-wired internally with your required
protection in place.
It really will be able to meet almost any need
that you can think of.
So, that's a good overview of the range,
let's look at the inside of one of these assemblies
in a little more detail.
On most of the windowed enclosures like this one,
the lid of the fitting is hinged.
Now, I'm sure that we've all been there before
when installing enclosures with wired fronts,
the front here often gets left hanging by its conductors,
and ends up banging against the wall, getting scuffed
and scratched, so the hinge keeps that from happening.
And it also prevents strain on the conductors.
As we said previously, it's IP 66 and 67 rated,
and you can see around the edge here,
the gasket that maintains that rating.
Just a word on fixings as well.
There's the option to drill through the back and fix
through the specific holes, and then install the provided
covers for those fixings.
But if you're a bit like me and a bit paranoid
about maintaining IP ratings, the enclosures
have these keyholes fixings on the back,
meaning you don't have to drill a fixing hole.
So, an example that we've got on the wall here,
we're going to bring our cable in and feed the main switch,
and we'll bring our CPC connection to this DIN rail
mounted terminal, then the tri rated cables
take care of the rest of the wiring.
It couldn't be simpler or quicker for the electrician
to install, and the quality
is just inherent through the product.
You can see all of the flexible conductors
have ferrule crimps on the ends of them,
and here at eFix we love a ferrule.
Now, just looking at the buzz bar along the top here,
we've got a couple of MCBs, one for each socket,
and two RCCBs, again, one for each socket
should it be needed.
Look at how much room there is in here to bring your cables
in and connect up your conductors.
There's no wrestling cables into tiny spaces here.
So, I'm sure you'd agree, this is a really well thought-out
system with lots of nice features and details
that will make electricians' lives easier, and we like that.
But remember that key advantage, there's over 80
different off-the-shelf arrangements available.
If you come up with a new arrangement, the topTER system
can be made up to what you need.
So, it's safe to say, if you want your installation
to be top notch without costing top dollar,
it's just got to be topTER.
Thank you very much for watching.
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