{"id":13215,"date":"2018-08-08T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T09:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/?p=13215"},"modified":"2018-08-08T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T09:51:02","slug":"crabtree-launches-vm160-panel-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/crabtree-launches-vm160-panel-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Crabtree launches VM160 panel board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-003.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13217\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-003-171x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-003-171x300.png 171w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-003-85x150.png 85w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-003-150x264.png 150w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-003-284x500.png 284w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-003.png 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a>Increased capability all round. That&#8217;s the simplest way to describe the Powerstar VM160 panel board from Crabtree, a leading brand at Electrium.<\/p>\n<p>This latest generation of Powerstar panel boards offers high standards of protection and control, plus market-leading, user-friendly features.<\/p>\n<p>Competitive? Definitely. For example, this is one of only two panel boards on the market capable of offering a true Form 4b Type 6 group mounted solution. So, now specifiers and installers have a real choice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13216\" src=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-002-166x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-002-166x300.png 166w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-002-83x150.png 83w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-002-150x272.png 150w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-002-276x500.png 276w, https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/38-002.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>The VM160 offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More outgoing ways (up to 18 in an off the shelf unit)<\/li>\n<li>Higher current capacity (up to 800A)<\/li>\n<li>Higher out-goer ratings (up to 160A with 250A add-on options also available)<\/li>\n<li>Increased breaking capacities (up to 65kA for 1s)<\/li>\n<li>Adjustable MCCBs<\/li>\n<li>Four pole device options (incoming &amp; outgoing devices)<\/li>\n<li>Earth leakage protection (incoming &amp; outgoing devices)<\/li>\n<li>Metering throughout (incoming &amp; outgoing including MID options)<\/li>\n<li>Easy fit MCCB control &amp; monitoring accessories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jimmy Higginbotham, Product Manager for Commercial Circuit Protection Products at Crabtree, comments: &#8220;For discerning contractors the VM160 represents an opportunity to reduce on-site time with labour saving features such as easy wire meters, fast fit coppers, as well as open cableways that provide greater access for cabling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For information, email: <a href=\"http:\/\/electrium.co.uk\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">electrium.co.uk\/contact-us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increased capability all round. That&#8217;s the simplest way to describe the Powerstar VM160 panel board from Crabtree, a leading brand at Electrium. This latest generation of Powerstar panel boards offers high standards of protection and control, plus market-leading, user-friendly features. Competitive? Definitely. For example, this is one of only two panel boards on the market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-news","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13218,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions\/13218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ewnews.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}