Emergency Services Products
Emergency sites are no place for delays, hesitation or inherent injury to volunteers and emergency staff and yet, despite well meaning electrical safety regulations, overcoming the limitations of currently available electrical safety devices often risks all of the above.
Until now.
Recently released, the regulatory approved Protex iFS overcomes the impediments of conventional RCD electrical safety devices: for 240V generators ,lighting towers and crib huts. It not only improves safety, it reduces maintenance, and increases the flexibility and use of plant and equipment (no earth stake needed).
Frequently asked questions:
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Protex iFS looks for a voltage rise between a metal component and a conductor due to an insulation breakdown.
WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO ME AS I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM?
Safety is first and foremost! In an emergency you need a fail-safe electrical safety product that just operates with no additional setting up or testing.
Protex improves business productivity and saves money. Protex achieves reduced compliance costs by removing the need for trained staff to install and test earth stakes. Protex also enhances downstream equipment protection.
Protex improves productivity and saves business money.
WHY IS IT BETTER TO DETECT VOLTAGE RATHER THAN CURRENT?
With Protex detecting voltage is a far more reliable and quicker.
Protex is able to detect very low voltages from 1-3 volts well before a current based system would be able to identify a fault.
Protex is the only electrical safety unit that does not have a fault current when it activates to turn the power off. Fault currents can damage equipment.
WHAT IS THE COST BENEFIT OF USING PROTEX?
Protex saves business money:
- reducing costs associated with the deployment of
equipment with earth stakes - reducing cost associated with electrical accidents
- enables staff to get on with the job improving productivity
- reducing compliance costs
- improved supply reliability
HOW DOES IT PREVENT “FALSE” or TRANSIENT TRIPPING?
As the Protex iFS does not use an earth reference false tripping does not occur.
IS PROTEX STANDARDS APPROVED?
Yes. Protex is approved to AS3100 and part of AS3190: Protex does not use an earth and so these tests in AS3190 could not be conducted.
As the technology is so revolutionary an Australian standard is yet to be written.
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