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of-the-art equipment and commitment to inverters and batteries, and Jinko Solar modules.
offering the first internships to graduates Students who want to get a head-start in their career in solar energy are welcome to
of the training centre is provided by Tino inquire about the first 3-week pilot to be held early this year and are invited to contact TTU
Solutions, a successful Ghanaian installer Senior lecturer Dr Stephen Afonaa Mensah at safonaamensah@yahoo.com.
and distributor of solar equipment. Solar companies which are interested in participating in the internship programme and
Equipping the centre was made contributing to upskilling youth in the PV industry, or who seek professional solar training for
possible through collaboration with global their staff and distributors, can get in touch with Dennis Wiredu Asare, the head of GREEN
solar brands such as Phocos, Victron, Jinko Solar Academy Ghana, at ghana@solar-training.org.
Solar and Fronius, as well as through the
partnership with Tino Solutions, which has Contact Alex Hattingh, Green Solar Academy, Phone 021 012-5839,
supported the centre with Victron Energy alex@solar-training.org, www.solar-training.org/ghana

“Gold standard” of industrial that is accurate, repeatable and robust
Finding a reference thermometer

temperature calibration was a challenge to the manufacturer.
Although accurate and repeatable, mercury
thermometers are fragile. The risk of a
mercury spill poses potential hazards to the
omtest, local representative of Fluke, is offering the Fluke 1551A Ex and 1552A EX environment and to health. Many of the US
“Stik” Thermometers, engineered to give temperature calibration specialists the States and European Union countries have
Cdurable, intrinsically safe digital instrument they need for precision temperature banned their use in industrial applications.
calibration. The Fluke 1551A and 1552A “Stik” thermometers provide a highly precise and The stainless steel probe and digital
durable digital replacement for mercury-in-glass thermometers. readout of the Fluke 1551A Ex/1152A EX
They are intrinsically safe (ATEX and IECEx compliant), so they can be used safely where “Stik” Thermometers are fixed together
potentially explosive gases may be present. More durable than mercury-in-glass instruments, and calibrated as a system. The accuracy
they can be used reliably outdoors or on the production floor. specification is easy to understand since
The 1551A “Stik” Thermometer covers a temperature range of –50°C to 160°C. The it includes all uncertainty components,
model 1552A Ex covers a range of –80°C to 300°C. Both models are accurate to ±0,05°C including drift, for up to one year. The
across their full temperature range. large backlit LCD display rotates 90°,
Process manufacturers of chemical, pharmaceutical, food or petroleum products require making for easy reading from any angle.
accurate temperature measurements. Since temperature sensors are subject to drift with A user-configurable stability/trend
time, regular calibration or verification against a reliable reference thermometer is required. indicator lets the technician know when
temperature is stable enough to record an
accurate measurement.
A user-settable auto-off function
extends typical battery life to three
hundred hours. A low-battery indicator and
stop-measure function prevent erroneous
measurements from being made due
to low battery life. A simple three-point
calibration function allows the operator to
easily and accurately calibrate the “Stik”
Thermometer. Data logging to internal
memory of up to 10 000 time-stamped
measurements is optionally available.

Contact Comtest, Phone 010 595-1821,
sales@comtest.co.za, www.comtest.co.za
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