Hylec celebrates success of DEBOX S and SL – over 3.5 million sold

  Posted by: electime      26th April 2018

Time-saving design supplied complete with terminal block proving popular with contractors, installers, professional electricians and diy users for internal lighting and power applications

Hylec-APL, the specialist supplier of electrical components and enclosures, is celebrating the success of its Debox in-line cable junction box, which has sold over 3.5 million units to date.

Designed to make installers and contractors’ lives easier and save hours of installation time by including everything installers need to join cables, the original Debox was launched in 2015, the brainchild of Hylec-APL CEO, Andy Hatter.

The second generation Debox S and Debox SL followed in September 2016, the Debox SL being the UK’s first-ever 100% screwless junction box design. The maintenance-free cable junction box from Hylec suits internal applications, including ring main lighting, LED lighting and power.

It is IP20 protected and meets GWT 650 degreeC testing and British Standard EN 60670-22 for electrical accessories for fixed electrical installations.

“Since its original launch, sales have exceeded both our forecasts and our expectations.” comments Steve Robbins, sales director, Hylec. “We sell through all the leading distributors, trade outlets and retailers, including Edmundson, Yess, Screwfix, CEF, Farnell, Rapid, CPD and quality independents, who do a great job. Repeat orders have been excellent and we are seeing increased unit quantities on repeat orders across the board.”

“We expanded our manufacturing capacity last year in order to ramp up production to cope with demand,” adds Andy Hatter, CEO, Hylec.

“Looking at February 2018’s figures, we have now produced over 3.5 million Deboxes, and I’m really proud that we have designed and brought to the trade such a popular and useful item. Often it is the small things that make a big difference, and on a bigger project, say a lighting installation, saving a few minutes on each cable join can really add up, speeding the installation and saving not only time but money too.”

Debox S and SL can be assembled in a few seconds against several minutes for a traditional junction box because they are supplied complete with all components needed to join flat or round profile cable, including a UL and VDE-approved 4-pole terminal block. With everything required immediately to hand, installers are not delayed in the search for dropped screws or missing components.

Debox SL is only available through Hylec-APL and its official distributors.