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Quality products at a lower price!The Crown Showroom is the right place for all types of lighting fixtures and solutions. You get expert help from Abby and John.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 7:00 am to 5:00 pmThursday 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Saturday 8:00 am to 2:00 pmContacts Abby...

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Financing for your projectsWaiting for clients to come up with project financing may be changing. Like any other supplier, getting a job off the ground is in your lap. With credit still tight, some companies don’t even want to go to their bank or tap a line of credit.More and more contractors are...

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Carbon Monoxide detectors donated to Coventry Fire District

 -  December 07, 2009
Shown here (L-R) Pictured are (L-R) Mike Mulvey, Crown Supply's fire alarm technician, and Capt. Andrew B. Perra, Fire Marshall for the Coventry (RI) Fire District. Carbon Monoxide detectors donated to Coventry Fire District When Crown Supply learned that some firefighters had experienced carbon...

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Crown Supply Announces Holiday Schedule

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Gamewell-FCI Honors Crown Supply

 -  November 16, 2009
Gamewell-FCI Honors Crown SupplySteve Birdsall (left), VP of Sales for Gamewell-FCI and Mike Madden (right), Gamewell-FCI’s National Sales Manager, present the company’s Outstanding Achievement Award to Crown Supply’s president, Bill Donahue (with award).Crown is a Gamewell-FCI engineered...

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Bi-level Controls for Occupancy Sensors Boost Effectiveness

 -  October 08, 2009
SAVE TIME AND MONEY Bi-Level light switch Bi-level controls show energy savings up 52% Bi-level Controls for Occupancy Sensors Boost Effectiveness In private offices, occupancy sensors save approximately 30% in lighting energy compared to traditional switches and meet energy code...

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Crown Supply’s Showroom featured in lighting publication

 -  September 30, 2009
Since Crown Electrical Supply Co. owner William Donahue brought Abby Leavitt on board a year ago, the showroom manager, buyer and marketing director has made it her mission to update the lighting displays and increase the marketing buzz for the company’s Providence, R.I., location.“I like to come...

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Son’s success does father one better

Twenty-five years after taking over Crown Supply from his father at the age of 19, Bill Donahue’s story was featured in a recent edition of Providence Business News. Read how Bill was able to take a fledgling company and see it grow into one of the region’s largest wholesale electrical supply...

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Gamewell-FCI extends warranty period

Gamewell-FCI extends warranty period to 36-months Gamewell-FCI¹s regular 18-month limited warranty is now 36-months. This applies only to products manufactured by Gamewell-FCI in its Northford, CT facility on and after January 1, 2009. It does not apply to products manufactured in 2008, ...

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New Duct Detectors InnorairFlex now replacing older styles. Questions and Answers

With a limited availability of the older style duct detectors and their scheduled total replacement with the New Style InnovairFlex line the following Q&A's have been released. Note that some part #'s referred to in the Q&A's are FireLite but the answers are not limited to the...

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A New Impact of Energy Policy on Ceiling Paddle Fans

Please take a moment to read Sea Gull Lighting's explination of a change in how ceiling paddle fans will ship and be lamped as of Janurary 1, 2009. These changes are due to the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005.

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RI Fire Board Clarifies the Requirements for Stand Alone Detection in 3-Family Apartment Buildings

In a Statewide Blanket Variance ( 08-04 ) decided on June 24th, 2008 the Rhode Island Board clarified the requirements for 3-Family apartment buildings and extended the deadline for compliance to July 1, 2009.

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Internal Cable Clamps NOW ACCEPTED per RI Fire Code

The newly adopted RI Fire Code allows the use of internal cable clamps in boxes listed for use with MC Cable. The section of the code reads: "(Add) 13.8.10.6.2.4 UL listed type MC cable connectors with insulated bushings and screw type cable attachments or box clamps with anti-short inserts...

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Now Available - Online Customer Account Access

Crown Supply is excited to announce the availability of real time online customer account access. This new service allows customers to access their Crown Supply accounts including the ability to access open orders, reprint invoices, view open accounts receivables and more, all via the web. ...

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NEC 2008 Code Revision – Tamper Resistant Receptacles

 -  February 05, 2008
TAMPER RESISTANT RECEPTACLES HELP PROTECT CHILDREN FROM ELECTRICAL INJURIES PROVIDENCE – JANUARY 31, 2008 – Effective January 1st, 2008, the National Electric Code (NEC) has mandated all new construction residential receptacles be tamper-resistant. The new requirement results from a ten-year...

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Changes In Rhode Island Fire Safety Code - Take Effect March 1, 2008

 -  January 31, 2008
The Rhode Island General Assembly releases news on the Senate Committee hearing testimony on Fire Safety Code regulation changes. Many deadlines have changed and the code is said to go into effect on March 1st, 2008.

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Major Industry Change for All Electrical Contractors

 -  December 14, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: PROVIDENCE – December 11, 2007 – In an effort to increase the level of electrical protection in new homes, the latest editions of the National Electric Code (NEC) call for some major changes throughout the residential electrical industry. Effective January 1, 2008, the NEC...

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Crown Supply Featured in Latest Edition of Progress Report

 -  November 30, 2007
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Seagull Lighting Online Stores Now Live

 -  November 26, 2007
Crown Supply is excited to offer the ability to purchase any seagull product from their new expanded lighting catalog online. You can expect the same service our in store customers receive. If prior to or after placing an online order you have any questions please feel free to contact any of our...

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Crown Supply's Exciting New Look on the Web

 -  November 09, 2007
Our site has been redesigned with an all new look allowing simple navigation, quick loading pages and updated content. The updated content management will allow our customers access to more up to date information, including current commodities pricing, technical bulletins, factory recalls and...

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Crown Goes Live Prophet 21 Software

 -  May 01, 2006
Ending a 17 year history running the company on a customized software package. Crown Supply went live today, May 1st, 2006 on our recently purchased Prophet 21 system. We were advised by the folks at P21 that the implementation of their software at Crown Supply was done in “RECORD TIME”. We look...

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Crown Updates Company Computer System

 -  December 20, 2005
Crown has entered a contract with Activant / Prophet 21 to update the software system the company will be running on. After careful consideration and review of several industry specific software packages by management and the Crown Family the decision was made to proceed with Prophet 21 (P21). We...

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Crown Power Products – Mod Power PDU receives U.S. Patent

 -  October 12, 2005
We are pleased to announce that the Mod Power Product line, designed for and distributed exclusively by Crown Supply has received a U.S. Patent.

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Full Line Catalog

Work has begun on a larger crown catalog. We are hoping to have over 5,000 items available in our first effort. These items will also be available via our on line catalog. The combination of printed catalog and web catalog should mean savings for you. Your comments and suggestions are welcome as...

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Crown Power Products

Growing our power products business has been a focus of our business for several years. This commitment has now been shown in the UL listing of our modular PDU product. This is an exciting development and we hope to have the product in full production in the first half of 2001.

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