The Safeguard Group, based in Oldham, has installed S&S Northern’s space saving, energy efficient Merlin 1400 in its new state of the art demonstration kitchen. The Safeguard group has been established for over 25 years and is one of the leading independent suppliers for the air conditioning, refrigeration, commercial catering equipment and hospitality industries. Its clients include internationally recognised chains like TGI Fridays to numerous small businesses.
Safeguard’s full working ‘Cookline’ demonstration kitchen gives customers the opportunity to ‘try before you buy’ with its ranges. The company regularly invites local chefs and businesses to cooking demonstration events which are held in the ‘Cookline’ demonstration kitchen.
Ben Ingham of Safeguard says, “The main reason we chose to install the Merlin 1400 is because of its high efficiency. This and the back-up facility make it an exceptional and well thought out product. We are very satisfied with the Merlin 1400, it is very easy to install and really good to work on from an engineering point of view. S&S Northern have a fantastic reputation and offer good and reliable products.
Their next day delivery is a service we value as this means we can ensure that our customers receive a second to none service also. S&S Northern also have a very good back up service which offers us peace of mind.”
The Safeguard Group offer a UK wide network of specialist qualified engineers providing fast effective repairs with an emergency response time of 4 hours ensuring downtime is kept to an absolute minimum and 95% of calls are a ‘one call fix.’
Safeguard are committed to environmentally friendly products and in November the company was visited by the Secretary of State for Climate Change and Energy, Ed Davey MP who was very impressed with the Safeguard’s commitment to environmentally friendly products and the company’s environmental projects with the local schools and colleges.
For kitchen owners and managers, the benefits of the new Merlin 1400 with integral fan
include:
- It is easier and quicker to install than standard interlock systems because it requires less wiring.
- Because there is less wiring than with a separate fan and interlock it is also more cost-effective.
- Less wall space is taken up within a kitchen area because the fan controller is integrated into the unit and the unit is the same size as other S&S Northern gas interlocks.
- It is more reliable than other gas interlocks systems as it automatically monitors the minimum and maximum electrical current and this ensures the gas solenoid valve will not operate if the fans are not supplying or extracting sufficient air to and from the kitchen, or if the fans have overloaded.
Steve McMahon, Managing Director of S&S Northern says, “We have developed the Merlin 1400 to meet the needs of the market, especially for those customers who are looking for a space-saving and energy efficient product. The Merlin 1400 has been designed and manufactured in the UK by our own design engineers, with support from Lancaster University’s Engineering Department.”
All new and refurbished commercial kitchens are required to meet BS6173:2009 which states that gas cannot be used in the kitchen when the ventilation system is not working, therefore a gas interlock system is required. The Merlin 1400 is an integrated interlock and fan control system which when installed will ensure that the requirements of the British Standard are met.
The Merlin 1400 is available to buy online from S&S Northern’s website, www.snsnorthern.com
For more information call 01257 470983 or email info@snsnorthern.com