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You wouldn’t expect a garage to hire you a car...just because you had a puncture would you? EDC hires inverters to customers — and there are times when ‘try before you buy’ is a sound idea: it can allow you to see the savings & benefits before you commit to... [Details]

100 of the best, most relevant, industry specific energy-saving case studies - ever! If you're in business, facilities management, plant operations, energy-saving, maintenance or management you need to read the ABB case study book. The case studies clearly show the benefits in both productivity and energy savings that ABB VSDs... [Details]

As sound as... an ABB Sami. Recently asked to build a new booster set control panel for a utilities company, EDC discovered that the original drives were two 25-year-old ABB Samis. Unsurprisingly, now unsupported in terms of spares, the customer wanted to upgrade the 2 off 2.2kW units with something... [Details]

The sun always shines...on ABB solar inverters. At the forefront of efficient energy generation, ABB’s solar inverters recently helped a customer save £1,000 per annum. EDC fitted the 3.3kW single phase unit, which will help power their business, as well as feeding energy into the grid. The inverter will turn... [Details]

Need a hire drive? Who ya gonna call? EDC! Late on a Friday evening this August, EDC NE took a call from a customer faced with a critical breakdown. It was all the more urgent because the location was a water pumping station which fed a major hospital in Belfast. It was... [Details]

With ABB you're always working in perfect harmony... Answering a call-out, EDC attended a leisure facility last week to discover a faulty ACH550 on an air handling unit (AHU).The customer had already followed the technical advice provided by one of our ABB-trained engineers (we’re always happy to provide phone support... [Details]

If it ain’t broke (even after 26 years), don’t fix it. Have you ever wondered what the life expectancy of an ABB drive is? On average, in the right environment, it’s 20-plus years, but sometimes even we’re surprised by their longevity. Last week we were asked to contact a local... [Details]

The report card every business owner wants to see: it proves you're dealing with a quality company. [Details]

One of EDC North East's latest jobs, an ABB ACS880-04XT-0810A-7, 525-690v parallel module upgrade (upgraded from ACS600tx). Trust ABB's Authorized value provider for north east England (for drives - sales, service & support) when it comes to all your retrofit requirements. With comprehensive training from ABB, they can make what... [Details]

A trio of our talented engineers, Colin, Michael & Gordon recently installed twenty-four ABB ACH580 inverters at a university. But what they found during the installation amazed them... The drives were being fitted to control a combination of AHU’s, chiller pumps and swimming pool circulation pumps. The applications were commissioned... [Details]