Honeywell Smartfit systems will save half a man day per installation on each of several hundred installations for the DHE

BRACKNELL, 15 SEPTEMBER 2000 - Honeywell has secured orders to provide several hundred Smartfit central heating control systems to five Defence Housing Executive (DHE) sites. The DHE is an agency of the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The systems will be used as part of a refurbishment contract which includes the heating and hot water systems in the DHE housing stock. The exact number of Smartfit systems and order values were not disclosed.

“We expect Smartfit will save half a working day on each installation,” said Paul Hancock, Electrical Design Engineer of Burgess Design Associates. “With the Smartfit system, all connections are made quickly and easily in one location, using plug-in, low voltage cables. It keeps wiring problems to a minimum, makes the installer’s job a lot easier and saves valuable man hours.”

Burgess Design Associates are M & E Consultants to the main contractor, J&S Seddon (Building) Ltd, Stoke, which is undertaking the whole project.

The Honeywell Smartfit system is easier and quicker to install than traditional wired systems because it features simple two wire connections to a stylish controller for all heating and hot water requirements, and low voltage plug-in connections to the cylinder thermostat, valve and pump. Although installers must still make mains voltage connections to the pump and boiler, even these have been reduced to one wire per terminal.

The DHE sites which will be refurbished with the help of Smartfit systems include Weeton Barracks near Blackpool, DM Kineton in Warwickshire, Innsworth in Gloucester and Gamecock Barracks at Bramcote, and Cardiff.

Burgess Design Associates are building services consultants providing services to both mechanical and electrical installations, including project management and planning supervisors. Its address is 1 King Cross Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent ST3 1NQ, telephone 01782-594557.

Readers can request further details of Honeywell’s Smartfit system from Honeywell Control Systems Ltd., Honeywell House, Arlington Business Park, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1EB. Tel: 01344 656000. Fax: 01344 656240. E-mail: uk.infocentre@honeywell.com Web: www.honeywell.com/uk

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Honeywell Control Systems Ltd
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Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1EB
01344 656000. Fax: 01344 656240.
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Editorial contact: Royer Slater
Honeywell Control Systems Ltd
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royer.slater@honeywell.com