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Another deeply tragic story of a death that could have been prevented by a Residual Current Device (RCD). They have been and/or are being mandated in Australia and New Zealand but are still not installed everywhere.

Did you know you are supposed to test the RCD in your home every three months… do you do that? Does anybody? RCDs are complex devices and can fail to operate.

We’re not cynically using tragic stories to sell products: an Ampfibian would not have been used at a campground with 16A outlets. We want to highlight that electrical safety is not abstract box-ticking excercise: electrical safety is real, electrical standards exist for really good reasons. Don’t cut corners, don’t believe it won’t happen to you.

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