Power System Infrastructure targets landscape lighting.
Press Release Summary:
Composed of 217 components, Q-Scape is UL-listed for 3 applications and is suited for indoor and outdoor lighting. Scalable system includes Q-Set cassettes within housing that feature interchangeable modules with toroidal transformers and 5 voltage taps. Featuring 1/3 in. thick door gasket, Q-Vault housing is constructed of compression molded epoxy composite to meet IP68 standards. System also includes Q-Clik compression fittings, Q-Wire, and Q-Trix inground hub box.
Original Press Release:
Q-Tran Introduces Q-Scape, Innovative Power System Infrastructure for Landscape Lighting
Bridgeport, Connecticut - After three years of research and development, Q-Tran introduces Q-Scape, the first power system infrastructure invented and engineered specifically for landscape lighting applications. Q-Tran is the industry leader of high-performance power supply systems and transformers for low voltage and LED lighting.
A completely thorough system of 217 originally designed components, Q-Scape includes everything from the fixture to the home or Building - offering flexibility, ease of installation, exceptional industrial design, high performance, low maintenance and long life. The versatile system is UL listed for three different applications:
landscape lighting (UL1838); pool & spa lighting (including water fountains); and low voltage luminaire power supply (UL2108) for both indoor and outdoor lighting.
Designed for scalability, the package accommodates additional Q-Set transformers (for energy efficient low voltage halogen) and Q-Set drivers (for even more energy efficient LED lighting), to provide higher wattage as the landscaping project, and its luminaire configuration, grows. Individual transformer cassettes within the
housing offer tremendous flexibility for maintenance personnel. Two highlights of the system, the Q-Vault housing and the Q-Set transformer cassettes, received Lightfair International's highest accolades by winning Innovation Awards for Best Landscape Lighting Products, and Best Overall Product Design from 187 entries.
To ensure complete water tightness, Q-Vault was engineered and crafted with a compression molded epoxy composite to meet stringent IP68 standards, an international protection rating that certifies operation during continuous immersion in water. All of Q-Vault's entry points had to be completely sealed, including a robust, 1/3-inch thick door gasket, which has been tightly sealed and highly compressed to approach the strict standards of a marine hatch. NPT (National Pipe Taper) knockouts were designed to accept the new Q-Clik compression fittings or a conduit. If the conduit, which could become an open pathway for water, is used, then we offer a sealing kit containing putty and re-enterable 3M epoxy. Q-Clik, which self-seals to Q-Tran's new Q-Wire and is installed with field drilled holes, was engineered with a double gasket, longer neck, and a rubber insert that molds to the wire, enabling Q-Tran's Q-Vault housing, Q-Clik fittings and Q-Wire to achieve the IP68 listing.
The new Q-Set is an innovative cassette featuring interchangeable modules with toroidal transformers, ranging from 180 to 900 watts for low voltage halogen and eight more models for LED cassettes, that can be mounted above ground and inground, for both outdoor and indoor lighting applications. These power centers are engineered with hydraulic magnetic circuit breakers on both the primary and the secondary, with an internal auto reset thermal breaker to disconnect the primary in case of an overload or improper dimming. Each cassette features five voltage taps, allowing varying run lengths or loads off the same unit. Shorter runs can be used with lower voltage taps, as the drop is less voltage, while fixtures located further away need to recover voltage from a higher tap. "Green" strategies are realized with a 10-25 percent energy savings over industry standard models.
Q-Wire, also included in Q-Scape, is UL Listed UF-B for 90C and is protected by tin coated copper to prevent oxidization over time, and the valley between conductors is filled to allow Q-Clik compression fittings to make a tight IP68 seal. Designed to guarantee water tightness when used with proper Q-Clik fittings, Q-Wire is UL Listed, sun resistant, and can be installed easily for direct burial applications to power low voltage and LED outdoor and most indoor residential lighting. Its dual-colored outer jacket has Gray on one side and Brown on the other to camouflage the wire on the bark of a tree. All other wires in the industry are black and conspicuous.
To facilitate multiple connections securely and safely, a triangular inground hub box (the injection molded Q-Trix) was designed with a total of 20160 cubic inches to allow dozens of wire pairs to be connected. The Q-Trix can be mounted in ground or above ground utilizing a wall mount plate.
With the introduction of Q-Scape, people can now enjoy the stunning beauty of landscape lighting above ground and never again worry about what is buried below.
About Q-Tran
Q-Tran, Inc. was founded 15 years ago by John Tremaine, who serves as CEO. Since then Q-Tran has become a leading manufacturer and designer of power supply centers and transformers for low voltage and LED lighting systems. Mr. Tremaine is an accomplished lighting designer who was born into a family of lighting entrepreneurs, manufacturers and innovators that have been involved in the lighting industry for four decades. Q-Tran was founded as a source for developing remote transformers that eliminated noise and heat, significantly improving performance to enhance the quality of light.
Operating with the mantra "EnlightenedThinking®," Q-Tran has pioneered innovative transformers with improved safety, reliability, performance and convenience. The firm developed the first power supply center designed specifically for low voltage lighting.
Q-Tran power supply products are significantly more energy efficient than all other magnetic and electronic transformers available in the industry. With energy costs rising, energy efficient power supplies have a dramatic impact on projects.
Over the years, Gean Tremaine, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Jordan Nodelman, Vice President of Operations, would take their place by their father, helping to build Q-Tran as a leading designer and manufacturer of high-quality, power supply systems, transformers and components.
For more information, contact:
Q-TRAN, INC.
Tel. 203.367.8777
Website: www.q-tran.com
