Protex leads electrical safety for generators
20 August, 2007 | Supplied by: Protex
Recent headlines highlighted electric shocks as a persistent risk.
Low-voltage switchboards
20 August, 2007 | Supplied by: NOJA Power Switchgear Pty Ltd
Signature SE is a range of low-voltage switchboards for motor control centres in the mining sector, with a flexible modular design incorporating a wide range of compartment options.
Free design rights for search-and-rescue beacon
31 July, 2007
International electronics design company, Tancher, is providing free design rights to its lifesaving personal locator radio beacon, to encourage governments and industries to make lifesaving devices more accessible.
Audible evacuation sign
20 July, 2007 | Supplied by: Clevertronics Pty Ltd
The Zoneworks Sound Escape system is designed to provide an enhanced solution for evacuation from buildings combining both visual and sound cues.
Lockout stations
20 June, 2007 | Supplied by: Cirlock
The LST series lockout stations are for wall mounting in workshops, plants, commercial buildings and factories to keep and control lockout devices, safety tags and lockout padlocks in one place.
Low-cost PAT with free reporting software
20 March, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.triosmartcal.com.au/
The TRIO-LCB portable appliance tester is now supplied with free Inspect reporting software. This combination offers a low-cost solution for compliance to AS/NZ3760.
GenSafe electrically safer generators
20 March, 2007 | Supplied by: http://www.protectelec.com.au/
Concerned about electrical safety when your workforce uses generators? Not sure if the earth stake gets correctly connected so that the safety switch will work?
Customisable battery charges
21 February, 2007 | Supplied by: Helios Power Solutions
Amtex Electronics has developed a customisable battery charger that maintains voltage levels in emergency service and rapid response vehicles to ensure there is no failure in starting a vehicle or powering its communications equipment. The technology is suitable for any type of vehicle, including ambulances, mine and refinery emergency vehicles, SES trucks, SWAT team vans, metropolitan fire tankers, workplace emergency units, country fire and rescue vehicles, rural emergency services and federal security vehicles.
Portable/personal lights
13 December, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.visionsafe.com.au
Where low light conditions, traffic flow difficulties and emergencies require quick and effective management, Vision Safe's range of Signal Lites is an option.
Earth leakage clamp
13 December, 2006 | Supplied by: http://www.cabac.com.au/
The T2007B earth leakage clamp meter has been designed to meet the IEC1010-1 and IEC1010-2-0.2 standard.
Test and tag deficiency in south-west WA
06 December, 2006
Some construction sites in south-west WA have been issued with improvement notices for electrical safety issues as local electrical contractors are not providing an adequate testing and tagging service.
Testing and tagging revisited
15 November, 2006 by Wendy Cramer
Testing and tagging is one element of electrical safety that has caused confusion since its inception. In NSW, an amendment was recently issued to clarify which appliances and environments need to be part of an ongoing testing and tagging routine
Total electrical safety in the workplace
14 August, 2006 | Supplied by: Contractor Accreditation Services
Electricity can shock, burn, damage nerves and internal organs or kill people and animals. It can also cause property damage
Lighting range
13 February, 2006 | Supplied by: Thorn Lighting Pty Limited
Thorn's Jet fitting has been designed for contractors and installers who are dissatisfied with over-complicated, poor quality street lighting fittings. Jet provides an aesthetic, vandal-resistant, easy-to-use IP65 compact street lighting fitting, suitable for use in a wide variety of road applications.
Safety lamps
18 January, 2006 | Supplied by: GE Lighting
Cov-R-Guard Lamps are wrapped in a casing of Lexan plastic that effectively contains glass fragments and phosphor if the lamp is broken. The casing allows for maximum protection, with minimum light loss - keeping an installation bright and safe. Both the casing and the lamp are fully recyclable, once separated.
