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8 E L EC TR I C AL CONNEC T I ON AU T UMN 20 1 6
TASTE THE SUN
Growing vegetables out of season, isolated from
the weather and with no need for arable land may
not be a utopian dream any more.
PLAYING FIELDTOFIELDTESTING
The National Rugby League is encouraging
its junior players to undertake trades
apprenticeships to prepare for life after the game.
KNOWWHENTOWALKAWAY...
Making submissions for larger projects can be a
not-so-tender trap. Brian Seymour explains.
CHANGINGWITHTHE TIMES
Electrical contractors must be trained in
new technology or risk being relegated to a
lower status.
CONNECTION
ELECTRICAL
Regulars
INDUSTRYNEWS
PRODUCTNEWS
NECANEWS
TRAININGDIARY
TRADESTUFF
Features
LED-INGAHEALTHY LIFE
LED street lights have caught the attention of the American
Medical Association, which is calling for a ban on certain
models of LED street lamp.
AFIT INDUSTRY
State governments can deliver benefits to consumers and
the public purse by using home battery storage incentives
to encourage consumers to ‘trade in’ generous solar Feed-In
Tariffs, writes Simon Hackett.
THE STANDARD FORTHEYEARAHEAD
Changes to the Wiring Rules will improve safety and could
also help your business grow in unexpected directions.
There are two kinds of smoke detector on the
market, but one of them doesn’t deserve the name.
TECH
OOLS
RANSPORT
THE FINEART
With massive growth in mobile data traffic,
cellular networks are in danger of exceeding
capacity. But Artemis, a Silicon Valley start-up,
may have just turned the problem on its head.
THEDATAONDATA IS IN
Two industry groups have taken stock of how the
Australian cabling industry is tracking.