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Fiete’s island getaway
Our electrical finds
Did you take part in the guessing game in the
Be it a mess of cables, a strange installation or last issue? If you guessed ‘Mallorca’, you were
even ‘chindogu’, the electrical curiosities we spot on. Beloved by German holidaymakers,
come across have one thing in common: they this island has also won over our trade fair
are unusual and eye-catching. Chindogu, by mascot. For his holiday, Fiete chose the beauti-
the way, is a Japanese word that means ‘strange ful east of Mallorca – home to the picturesque
device’ – in other words, inventions that the harbour town of Porto Cristo, numerous small
world doesn’t really need, but laughs at instead. bays and the Cuevas del Drach (Dragon Cave)
stalactite cave system with the largest under- turquoise blue water, Fiete bid farewell to
We hope to make you stare in amazement,
shake your head or laugh out loud, by sharing ground lake in Europe After many fantastic Mallorca with an “Adémuuuuu!” (Adéu is the
experiences and plenty of swimming in the
Catalan word for goodbye).
our favourite electronic finds with you on a
regular basis.

Television producers visit Doepke

We welcomed employees from Westdeutscher (Atlas Copco). The topics discussed included
Rundfunk (WDR) to our Doepke Academy our protective devices for mobile installations,
studio. Stefan Davids, Günter Grünebast and such as the DFS B SK MI, and our core product
Robert Schmidt (Doepke) greeted our guests for portable residual current devices, the
Dr Dirk Peters (head electrician at WDR), DPRCD-M. These are already in use in
Rainer Franke (stage manager for the pro- outdoor TV productions and in production
gramme ‘Kölner Treff’) and Jens Kleineberg vans, known in the trade as OB vans.

‘de Normentagung’
symposium

In mid-August, Doepke was once again
At least it’s somewhat protected from the rain: a guest at the symposium ‘Normen in der
a ‘Wi-Fi hotspot’ at a campsite in Croatia.
Elektroinstallation [Standards for electrical
Many thanks to Torben Heyd for the photo. installations]’ organised by the magazine ‘de’.
The event is aimed at planners, installers and
Do you have an entertaining electrical find
to share with us? If so, please take a photo of it operators of electrical systems, plant engineers,
inspectors, consultants and other professionals
and send it to us at: from the electrical industry. The series of high-
kommunikation@doepke.de
calibre presentations ended on a high note with
Important: we can only consider photos Martin Kaden’s talk on ‘Safety in mobile appli-
that you have taken yourself. cations’. Doepke will also be participating in
the next symposium on 19 and 20 November
in Hamburg.

PUBLISHER QUOTE OF THE QUARTER DATES/NOTES

Doepke “Man is nobler for his knowledge efa:ON
Leipzig, 23/09 – 25/09/2025
Schaltgeräte GmbH than for the gold and goods he Hall 5, stand E10
Stellmacherstraße 11 possesses, even though these
26506 Norden Electrical engineering symposium
be gained with great good will.”
@ ----------------- info@doepke.de of TÜV Saarland
T ----------------- +49 (0) 49 31 18 06-0 Hagen/online 25/09 – 26/09/2025 Item no. 5961502 | 03/2025
F ----------------- +49 (0) 49 31 18 06-101 Ramon Llull, Mallorcan philosopher, RCD and RCM seminar
www -------- doepke.de logician and theologian Essen/Haus der Technik, 7/10/2025