Aussie manufacturer now Standards Approved

After four years of testing and development, electrical safety gear manufacturer Protectelec's Protex inverter product is now an Australian Standards Approved electrical safety application.

Protectelec received Type Certification from SAI Global. Managing director Wayne Callen said "This is a major achievement for Protectelec. We have worked tirelessly with the testing facility and SAI Global to get our product approved."

Protectelec is hopeful of having an Australian inverter available for sale later this year. As part of it's involvement in the federal government's commercialisation program, COMET, Protectelec has established a relationship with a local contract manufacturer, SRM, to produce the first units.

Protex has the support of The Hon. Bob Baldwin MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, he said: "This is another example of Australian Innovation that has the potential to change not only the market place, but to improve electrical safety. It is pleasing to see Protex progress through Standards Approval".

Protex is an electrical protection device that is built into equipment to protect it from electrical damage. Protex is light-weight and can easily be manufactured into electrical appliances, inverters and generators.

Inverters are used to convert DC battery power into AC electricity. Inverters are popular as a light-weight, portable and convenient power supply. Some of the common areas inverters are used is on building sites, in caravans and aboard boats.

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