Hubbell System One at Griffith Electric Supply

Griffith Electric Supply brings you the Hubbell Wiring Systems, System One Metal and Non-Metallic Floor Boxes with Fire-Rated Poke-Throughs.

The Hubbell System One Floor box system Is great for open floor plans that require both power and data services. The universal cover mounts directly to the System One floor box riser, eliminating the need for an additional adapter collar. It is very important to pay attention to what comes with your floor box. There are small black cleats that install into the floor box that the cover will connect to. SO DO NOT THROW OUT THE PARTS!

A really great feature of the System One floor boxes is its ScrubShield technology. This technology exceeds the UL514 scrub water exclusion requirements. Clients will no longer worry about water getting into their electrical outlets in the floor boxes. (Exceeds UL514 with the plate closed).

Another great feature of these floor boxes are the Non-Metallic risers that allow for a simple saw cut for adjustment after the pouring of concrete.

Take a look at the Hubbell SystemOne Floor Box Family.


S1SFB

 

 

The stamped steel construction is economical and light weight for 

above grade applications. This design features concentric knock-

outs permitting various conduit sizes for both power and data services.

 

 

 

 

 

S1SFBAV

 

The Steel AV accommodates high-capacity multimedia applications

in a 3 1/2" minimum depth of pour. With oversized 1 1/2" N.P.T

threaded data hub you can fit most connector heads through with

ease. This box also features 3/4" and 1" concentric knockouts

for power services.

 

 

 

S1PFB

 

 

The Non-Metallic floor box features non-corrosive plastic construction

with oversized 1 1/2" data conduit hub for increased cable capacity and

bend radius. Using these in parallel reduces labor and material cost,

facilitating easier wire pull.

 

 

 

 

 

 

S1CFB

 

 

The Cast Iron floor box is corrosion resistant for on-grade

applications, with oversized 1 1/2" N.P.T threaded conduit access

holes for low voltage. This box also features 1" N.P.T. threaded

conduit access holes for power.  

 

 

 

 

What we find truly incredible about these floor boxes is the wide array of sub plates that can be used to provide your customer exactly what they are looking for in their power/data configuration.

 

Keep an eye out for more upcoming blogs that will go a bit more in depth about the Hubbell system one floor boxes and their sub-plate configurations.

 

For more info call Griffith Electric Supply today! 609-695-6121

 

Capitalize on Trenton - It All Starts in the UEZ

Griffith Electric Supply benefits from being a part of Trenton's Urban Enterprise Zone. We strive to provide the best for our customers. The Urban Enterprise Zone helps us to achieve this goal.

Imagine going to a big box store for a 700.00 item. The tax at 7% adds on another 49.00! With Griffith Electric Supply in Trenton that 49.00 is cut in half. If you are working on large projects the savings can be immense.

Our PA customers can incur anywhere from 6 to 8 % sales tax depending on where they are. With 3.5% the trip to Griffith Electric Supply can be well worth the visit.

Griffith Electric is not the only business that enjoys this wonderful benefit. For more information on Trenton's Urban Enterprise zone visit www.trentonuez.org.

Capitalize on Trenton was kind enough to spotlight Griffith Electric Supply in their new commercial.
Here it is.





 
For more information about how you can take advantage of Trenton's Urban Enterprise Zone with Griffith Electric Supply call us today at 609-695-6121

Electrician of The Year

Griffith Electric Supply would like to announce the Klien Tools "Electrician Of The Year" event.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:

The Electrician of the Year award recognizes and
celebrates the nation’s most outstanding electrician
for professional achievement, safety excellence and
community dedication.
 

Six winners.
 

One from each region will receive a Klein Tools®
Ultimate Garage Package

(a $1500 value based on minimum advertised price.)
 

The ultimate garage package includes:
 

41-Piece Klein Tools Set
Klein Peg Board 2 Beverage Tools
2 Klein Stools 6 Klein Koozies
Klein Golf Bag Klein Fridge
 

One Grand Prize Winner will be chosen from the
6 regional winners and will receive $2500 in cash
and $2500 (based on minimum advertised price)
in new Klein® tools.

Selection Process: Klein Tools administers the selection process for regional and national Electrician
of the Year awards. All decisions regarding the winners will be made by Klein Tools’ team consisting of five members in their sole judgment.
 

Offer valid for US residents only.
 

TO NOMINATE:

Individuals are encouraged to nominate deserving electricians. You may nominate
yourself. Nominations are reviewed beginning October 1, 2013 and continue to November 30, 2013.
All nominations must be received by November 30, 2013. Nominations may be made on-line or
by returning this completed form to Klein Tools. Nominations become the sole property of Klein Tools and none will be returned.
 

NOMINATE NOW - WWW.KLEINTOOLS.COM/EOY
 

Starts: October 1, 2013 Nominations end: November 30, 2013
Regional Winners Announced: December 15, 2013
Grand Prize Awarded: January 2014
 

$5000 GRAND PRIZE!

OSRAM SYLVANIA Ultra IQ LED Lamp Family

Today we are going to take a look at the very cool and innovative OSRAM SYLVANIA Ultra IQ LED Lamp Family product line.

SYLVANIA ULTRA iQ LED Lamps are wirelessly controlled devices that operate on a Zigbee Home Automation System and utilize a router and a Hub. (Items sold separately)

With these lights you can easily set up a system that can be fully controlled while in the comforts of your bedroom (In case you forgot to turn off the lights while you were downstairs!), while you are away on vacation (leaving the appearance of some one being home) and many other areas that are not within the confines of your house.

 

These lamps have integrated dimmer controls eliminating the need to interface with incandescent dimmer switches.

 

From the app on your phone you will have full control over your lights including changing the color of them.

 

The Ultra IQ LED system is easy just screw in the bulb, configure it to the router and hub, download the app and you are done and ready to control any lamp on the system wirelessly.

 

ULTRA iQ LED Lamps are energy saving replacements for 65W incandescent BR lamps and last 17.5 time longer than their incandescent equivalents. Available in 2700K color temperature, this intelligent lighting lasts 35,000 hours and dims down to 5%. These lamps are ideal for use in general lighting, recessed downlighting, wall washing and track lighting applications. They emit no UV or IR radiation that can cause fading and discoloration of fabric or artwork.

Here is a quick how to video to show you how simple installing a Sylvania Retrofit kit can be.

For more information on Sylvania products please contact us at www.griffithelec.com.



Protecting your roof, gutters, and pipes with Raychem

When it comes to protecting your assets from the winter months there are a handful of products out there. One of them really stands out. Here at Griffith Electric Supply we really like the Raychem Self-Regulating Heating Products line.

With the Raychem Self-Regulating cables there is no more worrying about overheating or burnouts from overlapping. The conductive polymer core automatically adjusts heat output at each point along the pipe. When the cable overlaps the cable adjusts its heat output at that point along the path so that it cannot overheat.

In areas where the pipe is too cold the H612 and H622 cables know to increase the output so that the pipe does not freeze. This not only protects your property but saves energy as well. Unlike constant feed heat tapes.

The Raychem Self Regulating cables are unlike any others in the industry. With their parallel circuitry technology you can cut the cable to your desired length while maintaining the power output.

As shown in the diagram below the parallels circuitry allows current to flow between the bus wires that run throughout the cable.

 

Should you cut the cable you will still be left with a complete circuit. (Never twist the bus wires! This will cause a short in the wire.)

 

On top of the bus wires and parallel circuitry is a self regulating conductive core. This core is what allows for the parallel flow of current along the paths.

 

After the conductive core you have the electrical insulating jacket, followed by the tinned copper braid and the waterproof polyolefin outer jacket. (This wire is not designed for high temp applications. Raychem does have a commercial department for such applications. If you are looking for these call us and we will get you in the right direction.)

 

The dry cables are the same with the exception of the waterproof polyolefin outer jacket. The dry cables are intended for dry areas so there is no need for the out jacket.

 

Raychem cables can be straight-traced, spiraled, or overlapped. Allowing for easy installation.

 

These cables are also safe on plastics. Because of their self-regulating technology there is no cause for concern of melting plastic pipes.

 

 



 

 

The WinterGard Wet Roof and Deicing system is just as simple and economical to use.  

With the Raychem system there is no more worrying about ice dams damaging your roof with backed up water. Utilizing the belt loop approach creates water ways for the melting water to move off of your roof.

 

The system can be run along inside of your gutters and down the downspouts keeping the water moving freely. It is highly recommended these areas be fitted with the self regulating wet area cables. If you leave these areas out of your system you will be allowing the down spouts to freeze which defeats the point.

 

For more information on what you need to get started today contact us at Griffith Electric Supply where our professionals can get you well on your way to protected home.

 

Call for more info 609-695-6121

 

 



Employee Highlight - Margaret Kline

Margaret Kline (Right)

Margaret Kline has worked with Griffith Electric Supply for 25 years. Friday September 27th 2013 Margaret will enter into the joys of retirement.

Margaret's devotion to Griffith will be remembered for years to come. I have only known Margaret for a couple of months. With what little time I have had with her I can say that Margaret placed Griffith at her highest priority. She made sure that she was always available to help out where she could.

When ever I had a question or needed to learn something Margaret was there to show me how to achieve success.

Margaret in the earlier years of her employment with Griffith ushered in the era of technology
for Griffith Electric Supply. She led a team on a project that converted all of Griffiths paper files and data machines to servers and personal computers.

Around the office Margaret is known as a wealth of knowledge. From customers to invoices, computer procedures to pricing. Margaret knew what had to be done, how to do it, and how to teach you to get it done.

Margaret is a valuable asset to Griffith Electric Supply that will be remembered, missed, and honored.

Cheers to you Margaret. Best of luck and enjoy every second of retirement!

The Times of Trenton Covers Griffith's 75th

N.J. State Senator Shirley Turner (D-Mercer) presents Griffith Electric Supply Company, Inc. President William Goodwin with a joint legislative resolution congratulating the company on its 75th anniversary during a celebration at the company's Trenton headquarters on Wednesday, September 18, 2013. Martin Griff / The Times of Trenton

The Times of Trenton Covered Griffith Electric Supply's 75th Anniversary bash. The event was a great success. We had hundreds of customers and a lot of great vendors show up. The Times Article can be found by clicking the link here --- Still electric: Trenton's Griffith Electric marks 75 years 

Thank you to everybody who came out to support all of us here at Griffith Electric Supply!

We look forward to providing quality customer service to all of you for the next 75 years to come. Thank you for making Griffith Electric Supply your electrical supply store.

Earlier this month Griffith Electric Supplies Bill Goodwin and Ron Lim were featured in Electrical Wholesaling's "Why 'Buy American' Still Matters" article.

The article was about buying American manufactured goods to help restore the American economy to its former glory.

Jim Lucy writer for Electrical Wholesaling reports that GE plans to invest $30 million and add more than 150 jobs in its domestic lighting manufacturing operations for GE Energy-Efficient Soft White light bulbs that will be sold exclusively at 3,400 U.S.-based Walmart stores.

This announcement from GE comes alongside Walmart's announcement that they will be committing to buying 50 billion more in American-Made products over the next 10 years. It is estimated that this will create roughly 1000 domestic manufacturing jobs.

Bill Goodwin and Ron Lim of Griffith Electric Supply partnered with Creative Marketing Alliance earlier this year to promote purchasing of American Manufactured products through their "Powered By America" campaign.

Bill Goodwin says "Our intent is to help American manufacturers and do our part, as little as it may be. The Powered By America campaign gave our employees something to feel good about. This was done when times were bad, after the recession started. You needed to give people something to feel good about."

Goodwin says "Powered by America is designed to support other U.S companies and individuals like us who are proud of their country and want to see it prosper competitively once again."

Bill Goodwin and Ron Lim were able to encourage many manufacturers to support the "Powered By America" campaign. Those manufacturers include Arlington Industries, Bridgeport Fittings, Cooper B-Line, Cresent Stonco (Phillips), Eaton-Cutler Hammer, Erico-Caddy, General Cable, Hoffman, Hubbell, Hubbell Lighting, Hubbell Wiring Device Kellems, Ideal Industries, Leviton, Lutron, Milwaukee Tools, Osram Sylvania, RAB Lighting, Siemens, Simkar, Southwire, Thomas & Betts and TPI Corp.

The idea of the "Powered By America" campaign was picked up by another electrical distributor by the name of Maurice Electric Supply in Washington, D.C. Warren Janes, V.P. of sales and marketing asked Goodwin if he could use the idea to create is own campaign and promote it in D.C.

Bill Goodwin's campaign was inspired by Anders Lewendal and Jake Lewendal who were featured on ABC news for creating a home using 100% American manufactured goods.

The Lewendals challenged homebuilders to reallocate 5% of their spending for the purchase of domestically manufactured building products.

The Lewendals wanted to know what impact this would have on the American Economy so they sought out proof of impact from the Boston Consulting Group. B.C.G determined that if every builder in America were to allocate 5% of construction spending from foreign to domestic products, it would in effect create 220,000 American jobs. Using these numbers the Lewendals were able to estimate that if every American household reallocated just 5% of its yearly spending to American products, it would create 3 million American jobs.

Griffith Electric Supply is doing its part by promoting sales of American manufactured products.

Using Klein to make work easier

Klein Tools has been assisting in the electrical and telecommunications industries since 1857. When it comes to making work easier for workers in the trade Klein knows how to help.

At Griffith Electric we are proud to offer Klein products which are manufactured in America.

Tools like the Electronic Voltage Tester (ET100), Electronic Voltage Continuity Tester (ET200) and the  Digital Circuit Breaker Finder were made to reduce the amount of time spent on a job site.

The ET100 Electrical Tester has a CAT IV 600 V rating. This tester will work with both ac / dc currents. Features a Red L.E.D voltage indicator as well as an audible tone and vibration alert. The red l.e.d will work without batteries installed. The audible tone and vibration will not.
The light weight (8.1 oz) and special grip design of this electrical tester makes it easy to use when in tight spaces. The ET100 and 200 have a low impedance input that reduces false readings from ghost voltages making it useful for testing G.F.C.I's.

The ET200 is similar to the 100 but has a couple additional features that make it worth the purchase. The first is a white L.E.D work light that can be used in dark areas on the job site. The second is a continuity audible alert that will sound when voltage is as less than 270k ohms. Both the 100 & 200 models have a drop rating of 10ft.

The Klein ET300 is a Digital Circuit Breaker Finder. This handy tool saves loads of time when trying to identify breakers for light fixtures, bare wires and any standard 120v outlet. The transmitter reaches distances of up to 1000 feet. The arrow lights up green when the correct breaker has been found. If that's not enough signal for you an audible tone will also sound off.



The (optional) ET300 accessory kit make tracking down breakers from light sockets or bare wires easier than ever before.

No more spending hours trying to find voltage or breakers again. Come down to Griffith Electric Supply to learn more about how you can use Klein Tools to save you time on the job site.

For more information on how to locate a Griffith Electric Supply near you visit our website @ http://www.griffithelec.com/

Griffith Electric Supply Celebrates 75 years

On Wednesday September 18th 2013, Griffith Electric Supply will celebrate our 75th Anniversary.





The historic Flat Iron Building in Trenton, NJ stands as a symbol of Griffith Electric Supply and William & Meta Griffith’s shared dream. In 1938 Bill & Meta opened the doors to a business that has endured the test of time, through the Great Depression, a World War and the Vietnam Conflict, the riots of the 60’s, and slumping economy’s they held fast to their belief in Trenton and this State. Growing and even flourishing in the good years, first as the team of Bill and Meta, and then on her own, as Mrs. Meta A. Griffith, they devoted more than 70 years to Griffith Electric Supply and Trenton, building a family of dedicated employees, who today strive to carry on their dream and honor their memory. 

 

 

Griffith Electric has over the years built solid relationships with manufacturers that proudly build their products in the U.S.A.

 

Some of the Manufacturers in attendance will be Biben Sales, Brazil Brothers, Cobra Sales, Crouse-Hinds, Cusick Sales, Diversified Lighting, E-Mon, Eaton-Cutler Hammer, Greenlee, Hubbell Wiring Devices, IDEAL Industries, Illuminations Inc, Kunz-Powell, Leviton Manufacturing Co, Lighting Solutions, Locust Sales, Milwaukee Tool, Nutone, Osram Sylvania Inc, Pollart Sales, Progress Lighting, Raychem, Siemens, Synergy Electrical, Topaz and WM. Bleiman & Son.

 

Representatives from these companies will be available to answer questions and inform you about new and exciting products.

 

We are honored to host our customers to a celebration party from 11 am to 4 pm. There will be great food, prizes and giveaways.

At Griffith Electric Supply we are Powered By America. We encourage you to click on the link to learn more about how you too can be involved in powering Americas Economy once again.