Quality Matters: Electrical Review
For most people, the myriad of standards and regulations you must navigate when selecting and specifying cables can be daunting. When you start to look for someone to provide answers it seems everyone says the same thing:
- Quality assured cables
- Confirmed regulatory compliance
- Global logistics against complex delivery schedules
But surely there’s more to what makes a great cable supplier? What really sets the good ones apart?
If you’re a quality-conscious organisation then you’re probably looking for cable solutions – more than just simply the product, but a combination of services and expertise that turns a supplier into a trusted partner.
Admittedly, first things first, the cable itself has to be of the highest standard and demonstrably so. UK Lab tested in an ISO17025 UKAS-accredited facility to provide evidence of the quality and compliance. There’s a raft of cable legislation, including CPR compliance, and a huge number of standards that each and every cable must meet. Unless you’re a cable expert, would you know what to look for and how to assess it? Being at the forefront of cable R&D helps too for when you need to design against specific installations or applications, or require geo-specific third-party approvals. After all, sometimes an off-the-shelf solution just doesn’t fulfil all your needs or work in the environment.
But quality is something that permeates throughout a business. It’s in the interactions and attitude too. It’s seen in the little things: having full tech specs at your fingertips on the website, having a FastQuote tool to make the quotation and order process simple, or a friendly (and knowledgeable) voice at the end of the phone if you prefer to speak direct. Once you’ve made the decisions as to the cable you it cut to length and calibrated to seamlessly match the glands, connectors and terminations you’ve ordered alongside it so that time isn’t lost or costs incurred trying to make them fit at the point of install. Suggestions including cable harnessing and pre-terminated lengths can also offer cost savings that you perhaps hadn’t considered.
But the real quality comes in having the expertise of a good technical team and project management team in your corner. Technical experts who provide advice on cable selection decisions, providing answers and practical, compliant solutions to complex requirements from the specification stage through to completion. Project managers to make sure you get the right cables delivered to the right site at the right time. A PM team that not only has experience relevant to your industry but are qualified to provide advice having passed the NICEIC City & Guilds BS7671 17th Edition Wiring Regulations course (and will re-train in the 18th edition when released in July). It’s that team who can utilise project-specific local hubs to despatch and deliver cables same-day for urgent requirements - after all, we all know that sometimes project demands can be fluid! You need a team that accommodates even those requests that are a little left-field from the usual scope of cable supply as quickly and painlessly as possible. You want a supplier that does whatever it can to take the pressure off you and keep the timelines on track.
In essence, it’s comes down to trust: Trusted cables, trusted technical advice, and a trusted team. Quality shows in all aspects of cable supply when it’s underpinned by a trusted relationship.
Eland Cables: the trusted partner for any cable project.
Eland Cables
sales@elandcables.com
Sales: 020 7241 8787
Technical Hotline: 020 7241 8500
