by Jenny Boone | Jun 20, 2019 | IEC News and Events
When is Value Engineering of No Value? Answer: when it results in inferior, possibly dangerous, material substitution. I specified lighting fixtures as well as dimming controls for over twenty years on hundreds of projects. It is a standard procedure for doing a...
by Jenny Boone | Jun 19, 2019 | IEC News and Events
In my previous Sales life, I was sometimes asked to mentor women in Sales; twenty- five years ago in electrical, that did not happen often. When I did work with women, I consistently told them two things: · When you are in a meeting...
by Jenny Boone | Jun 13, 2019 | IEC News and Events
Know Before You Go! What’s New? There is a significant change pending in the 2019 New Jersey legislature that directly concerns electrical contractors who live and work in New Jersey OR travel to New Jersey to perform work....
by Jenny Boone | Jun 12, 2019 | IEC News and Events
Our friends and valued Associate Partners at Atlantic Electric Supply Corp., in Washington D.C., are at it again… They’re offering you a grilled hot dog lunch and a class about Broan and Nutone ventilation, fresh air systems, and lighting products. New...
by Jenny Boone | Jun 11, 2019 | IEC News and Events
From our Associate Partners at Eaton- Yep! We have an AP for that… Tech and Innovative solutions for DOD (Dear Ole Dad!) Is your dad craving solutions that will make like easier for him? With Father’s Day on June 16th, Eaton’s Wiring Devices has products...
by Jenny Boone | Jun 6, 2019 | IEC News and Events
I be ready…U be ready? Looking for receptacle upgrades on a design? remodel? DIY? This baby is worth your attention. Check this out. Kitchen or wet bar counters? Wish you had a charging station? Now you do. Night stands in every bedroom…wish you had a...
by Jenny Boone | Jun 5, 2019 | IEC News and Events
Yes…I have an unusually small focus to my life- but it’s well lighted. Milwaukee Tool’s latest product announcement is really exciting, especially if you’ve worked on job sites (and I have) with temporary lighting. Back in the day sites with...
by Jenny Boone | Jun 4, 2019 | IEC News and Events
Our Associate Partners at ABB have an announcement! ABB Installation Products Inc., formerly Thomas & Betts, will now offer Steel City® commercial hubs; these terminate rigid and intermediate metal conduit (IMC) in enclosures or boxes with a watertight seal....
by Jenny Boone | May 30, 2019 | IEC News and Events
I love a good second half; a re-invention. Texas Fluorescent was wise enough to do this with their company when LED emerged as a real “thing”. Fifty years after Larry Sayah started with a small fluorescent operation, Saylite is the reinvention of a line...
by Jenny Boone | May 29, 2019 | IEC News and Events
Our Associate Partners at Milwaukee have a new product to share. The M18 Brushless Threaded Rod Cutter can now be added to your heavy- duty tool belt. Why do we love it? Well, let’s see… · The M18 offers a centered...
