Power continuity
ABB has helped one of Marks & Spencer’s Glasgow stores to complete a transition from its failing copper busbars to a new XLPE cable-based LV (415V) power distribution network. The key to ABB’s successful execution of the £175K project was a phased approach, carefully co-ordinated to maintain continuity of the store’s power supply so that no trading time was lost.
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