July 19, 2010
ANAHEIM, CA—Extron Electronics
has received Energy Efficiency
Certification (EEC) from UL
Environment. UL Environment acts
as an independent third party to test
and certify products for compliance
to a broad range of domestic and
international energy efficiency
requirements. Several Extronengineered
products now carry the
EEC mark, signifying compliance
with multiple government energy
efficiency standards, including strict
adherence to U.S. EPA Energy Star
Version 2.0 requirements.
UL Environment performed
extensive testing before qualifying
Extron designed and engineered
PS Series Desktop Power Supplies
under the Energy Star Single Voltage
External AC-AC and AC-DC Power
Supplies Specification Version 2.0 and
the professional XTRA Series Power
Amplifiers under Energy Star Audio/
Video Specification 2.0 program
requirements.
Extron Electronics also achieved
another milestone in reaching the
1,000,000 hour mark in demonstrated
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).
The power supplies were subjected to
extreme testing in an in-house heating
chamber that supports elevated
temperature as well as constant
temperature conditions over the course
of two years.
LETHBRIDGE, AB, CANADA—The University of Lethbridge upgraded the audio system in its 500-seat
University Theater with a Yamaha M7CL-32 digital audio console and SB168-ES Stage Box.
Installation assistance was provided by Wavetech Sound and Lighting of Southern Alberta. The
sound system is a proprietary Wavetech design consisting of a JBL 2426 HF driver and 2344 lenses
mounted under Wavetech-designed boxes loaded with two JBL 2206 12s and a pair of single JBL
2242 loaded subs. Yamaha P1600 amplifiers power EV Sentry 100 booth monitors, rear fill, stage
wedges, and HF mains, and Yamaha P4500s power the mids and subs. dbx Driverack 260 processing
is used for the LCR, and Wavetech-designed surround boxes are used for the two pairs of rear fill.
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