Schaeffer Marketing Group represents many lines that can help give our contractors a competitive edge – to work safer, faster, smarter, and to present the best overall bid on jobs.
AMP – American Midwest Power
With Ameren approval to combine equipment such as CT’s with PT provisions and more lever bypass meter sockets than any other manufacturer can offer into a single vertical switchboard section, we eliminate pipe and wire between enclosures, shrink the footprint and lower overall installation cost.
– http://www.ampmfg.com/products/combo-metering-single-main/mct
Solutions for Combination Main Fused Switch and Utility Metering Provision
Carlon (ABB) –
- High energy efficiency is possible with the Carlon® DraftTight® Non-Metallic Box – without the labor intensive, messy spray foam. The DraftTight® box features a gasketed front flange that provides a seal from the box to the back of the dry wall and gaskets over cable-entry points to prevent airflow from entering the house. This saves heating costs in winter and cooling costs in the summer. The Carlon® DraftTight® Non-Metallic Box is also available for ceiling receptacles and for retrofitting in residential remodeling projects.
- Carlon® Adjust-A-Box® Non-Metallic Electrical Boxes from Thomas & Betts adjust for different wall thicknesses with the turn of a screw. They can be used in a variety of applications, including remodeling and new work, and come in a variety of sizes and orientations. The horizontal box is perfect for kitchens, bathrooms and baseboards, and is ideal for use with ceramic tile.
- Get this same adjustability with Carlon® Adjust-A-Box® Residential Floor Boxes. With options of white, ivory, brass and stainless steel, we have the colors to complement any home décor.
- Carlon® Flex-Plus® Electrical Non-Metallic Tubing (ENT) and accessories from Thomas & Betts require less time to install than traditional conduit systems, enabling savings in labor and cost. Available in Carlon Blue™, the non-metallic flexible raceway is designed for use in walls, floor and non-plenum ceilings. ENT™ is lightweight, flexible (it can be bent by hand) and free of sharp edges, all of which reduce the time required for installation.
- Carlon® Flex-Plus® ENT™ can be installed as one continuous length from box to box, eliminating the need for couplings. Because it can be bent by hand, there is no need for benders or elbows. Carlon® Flex-Plus® ENT™ is also easier to pull wire through. Field tests show that it takes only 1.5 minutes to push 3 #12 wires through 40’ of ½” ENT with the equivalent of 4 90-degree bends. Available in yellow, for communication circuits and signaling cable; in red, for fire alarm circuits; and blue, for power circuits.
- Carlon® Flex-Plus® ENT™ Quick Connect accessories also contribute to reduced installation time – including boxes with feet and concrete caps, braces, spacers, stub downs and transition fittings.
- Repairing broken polyvinylchloride (PVC) conduit is no longer a back breaking and time-consuming task with the Carlon® PVC Conduit Repair System from Thomas & Betts. The exclusive, patent-protected design allows contractors to maintain the inside diameter of the conduit, reducing repair time from 20 to less than two minutes. Includes couplings, adapters, reamers and plugs designed to repair broken PVC conduit or stub-ups, quickly and easily. To repair PVC conduit with the system, simply cut off the broken conduit, ream the inner diameter and insert a coupling or adapter. The system is available in sizes from one-half inch through two inches.
- Carlon® Snap-N-Stac® Combo Duct Spacers are specifically designed to replace the two-piece base and intermediate spacer system, by combining the conventional base and intermediate spacer into a single unit! Less inventory required. Manufactured out of highly engineered thermoplastic material, they sit nicely in the trench and are strong, durable and able to withstand the rigors of concrete construction. They feature an innovative horizontal and EXCLUSIVE vertical locking system and can be used as either a base or intermediate spacer. These spacers also feature molded-in rebar holder on two-way and three-way.
Current Technology (ABB) –
CURRENT GUARD 3 & CURRENT GUARD PLUS 3- CG3 and CGP3 feature thermally protected MOVs to eliminate overvoltage, safeguarding your equipment and capital investments. These devices protect and prevent costly downtime and equipment damage.
HPI – High Performance Interconnect system adds more location flexibility within the electrical room and significantly reduces the installation time. This dual shielded, triple insulated multi-core power conductor specially constructed to minimize interconnection impedance for SPD installations. The HPITM -SPD Connection System has 25% of the typical impedance of the regular cable and allows the installer to increase the interconnection cable length by up to 4 times, while maintaining the clamping voltages to acceptable clamping voltage levels, ensuring maximum SPD unit performance.
HPI Datasheet
Cree –
Cree SmartCast® Technology – Cree’s intelligent light solution that’s automated, intuitive, intelligent, efficient – and so simple, it just works.
Cree’s Smartcast Technology is the ultimate in labor savings. Save on labor to install a system with dimming, occupancy sensing and daylight harvesting. Save on maintenance costs as you no longer change out lamps often due to frequent switching of occupancy sensors. Save 40% additional energy costs with these controls, OVER your savings enjoyed by switching to LED! Call Schaeffer Marketing Group today for a live demo and information on Smartcast.
Encore Wire–
Innovations & Value Packaging– Save labor by utilizing innovative products and packaging to meet your needs.
Keystone –
Save labor when maintenance crews no longer change out T5HO, T8, CFL, HID and PLL fluorescent lamps so frequently. Longer lasting LED lamps reduce energy bills as well as maintenance budgets, with the same or higher light levels.
Click HERE for LED lamps from Keystone.
LED LIGHTING = LABOR SAVINGS
When you think of upgrading lighting in your facility, you may not think about Labor Savings. Truth is, LED lamps and fixtures have a much longer life than traditional light sources currently installed. Over the life of an LED product, calculate labor saved on lamp and ballast maintenance for additional savings and a faster payback on your investment. Use the maintenance crew for other projects to increase productivity and save energy instead of maintaining traditional lighting.
Nicor –
The Nicor Prime Chime kit combines both line voltage and low voltage into a single unit and offers a paintable faceplate making it the most versatile choice. Installs quickly into a standard 2-gang dual voltage box (dual voltage box SC200DV). With multiple pushbuttons installed in your new or existing home, you can set up different doorbell signals for different entrances. This allows you to keep track of exactly which door to answer. You can daisy chain up to four Prime Chimes. Wiring the transformer in the same location as the chime allows the contractor to save time and hassle – not having to locate the transformer in an attic or basement space far from the chime.
Take control with Nicor’s Commercial Grade Lighting Controls. NICOR’s NLC app provides intuitive, easy to use interface to control the full assortment of NLC components. The NLC system features simple scaling solutions to easily add controls to new or existing networks with compatible software updates while maintaining seamless, uninterrupted operation. All these features save labor on call back and service calls.
Picoma-
Gone are the days of three-piece couplings.
The newest product in Picoma’s product portfolio, SpeedCouple is a pre-installed elbow coupling that will help you save up to 50% on materials while increasing productivity.
Ideal for tight spaces, you no longer have to turn the elbow. With SpeedCouple, just turn the coupling and let the threads do the work. Connecting in half the time when compared to conventional couplings, the savings will add up immediately!
Picoma’s SpeedCouple is available:
- On rigid steel elbows
- For standard and special radius elbows
- In trade sizes 2–5
Prime Conduit-
- Bore-Gard® is the lowest cost solution for installing conduit in directionally drilled applications. When considering all of the advantages that Bore-Gard offers, it is obvious why so many have standardized on Bore-Gard. Leading contractors and Electrical Utilities are using Bore-Gard instead of HDPE to lower their costs when installing telecommunications and electrical conduit via directional drilling. Simpler handling, faster assembly, and lower labor cost all lead to increased productivity and lower overall costs. Some contractors that use Bore-Gard have claimed to be able to do 2 to 3 bores in a day (versus only 1 bore per day with HDPE pipe) because of the time and labor savings Bore-Gard offers. Shouldn’t you benefit from all of the advantages of Bore-Gard?
- Multi-Gard® saved on installation costs in many ways. Pre-installed conduits that provide separate paths for wire/cable that are straighter than pulled-in innerducts and allow for longer pulls and fewer man holes. Faster installation with straight sections. No field applied lubricant needed. PVC, boreable PVC, fiberglass, GRC, PVC coated GRC and EMT versions available for all applications. Multi-Gard® offers lower total installed costs for your job!
Thomas & Betts – Superstrut®
- Color-Keyed® Motor Lead Disconnects for 600 Volt and 5KV applications. These disconnects achieve quick, reliable change out of electric motors while eliminating bolting, taping and loose connections.
- Superstrut Cobra™ Superstrut Cobra One-Piece Cable and Pipe Clamp takes a bit out of your installation time!
United Fiberglass-
United Fiberglass is a labor savings line entirely due to being lightweight compared to GRS and PVC-coated GRS. Specifically, our elbows make contractors much more productive. With metal elbows, it usually takes two people to handle large radius elbows over 3” in diameter. However, fiberglass elbows are so light, you can lift a 4x90x36 with one hand. Call us for your next inquiry on fiberglass conduit and elbows.
· Lightweight—One Man Installation!
· 4” Rigid Steel Elbow = >60lbs
· 4” Fiberglass Elbow = <10lbs
· Easy to Install—our elbows arrive with bonded PVC or fiberglass couplings or fittings.