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Have you ever wondered why your RV has a 15a electrical circuit? What’s the deal with that large earth pin? You’re new to caravanning and you’ve packed the car and the van and hit the road. At the powered site, you unpack the extension lead, ready to plug the van in and get the fridge running on 240V power. But… Read More…

Here at Ampfibian, we’re pretty proud of our trade-tough X1 weatherproof connector protector, it even won us an Australian Good Design Award ®. But because we’re all about designing and delivering products that combine safety with convenience, and while the X1 was being snapped up by tradies all around the country, consumers were after a more cost-effective alternative, so we Read More…

One of every travellers woes is now solved with Ampfibian’s new 15A Caravan Surge Protector. Plug the weatherproof caravan surge protector between the power supply and your van, and everything inside it is protected. Your fridge, inverter, TV… everything. Dodgy looking power point? The Caravan Surge Protector also has an integrated socket outlet tester, that lets you know if what Read More…

We’re excited to launch Ampfibian’s New Zealand website! There are a couple of differences: – There is no online store in NZ; – The product range is slightly different. The MINI and MAX adaptors are for travel and trade in Australia, but NZ caravans use different plug and socket. So we created two new caravan adaptors: the MINI-BLU for indoor/undercover Read More…

New Zealand’s natural beauty makes it one of the world’s top travel destinations. Its highways and byways brim with caravans and RVs as local and international visitors soak up the land and its delicious bounty. New Zealand caravans and motorhomes use a superior 16A plug and socket arrangement that’s weatherproof and robust but still limited to dedicated 16A connections. The Read More…

  Thank goodness it was a long weekend because there were a few sore heads at Ampfibian HQ: we are humbled and excited to have received a Good Design award on Thursday night for the Ampfibian X1 Connector Protector. Judged by a panel of 35 local and international design experts, the awards are open to entries from around the world Read More…

We tripped over the Aussie made Plug-Mates(TM) a couple of months ago and were so impressed by this clever product (and the people behind it), that we wanted to share it as widely as possible. Put a Plug-Mate on all your power plugs: especially relevant for travellers and tradies! It’s one of those simple things that’ll save you tons of Read More…

“Guaranteed access to mains power whenever I need it” – Brendan Batty, Australian Caravan + RV February 2017 Even editors of caravan magazines can get stuck without access to a 15A socket to power their caravans. Just ask Brendan Batty from Australian Caravan + RV who nearly ruined the family Christmas camping holiday when he arrived to find only a Read More…

Welders are ditching their unsafe and illegal 15A to 10A leads and are connecting with Ampfibian power adaptors. At Ampfibian we love hearing about people using our adaptors for new applications, because every time somebody uses one they are not using a “death lead” that’s waiting to wreak havoc on someone’s house, work, life. Welders and caravan owners have an Read More…

Dear customers, again we would like to thank you, this time not for your patronage of an Aussie company, but for your brains: your ideas. When we identified a gap in the market we gave it our best shot to come up with a product that solved the problem. At a price and with a set of features that we Read More…