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Safety for mobile applications

Portable residual current devices, or PRCDs, was faulty. As a result, the protective contact
are used in places such as construction and was temporarily live, causing the hoist and
installation sites where electric equipment is scaffolding to become electrically charged. A
being connected to sockets with unknown PRCD would have detected the fault through
protective measures. They increase the level of the protective conductor monitoring, and
safety offered, and the German construction would have never allowed the power supply to
industry trade association BG Bau offers a be switched on in the first place.
scheme for subsidising their purchase
(in German). Our DPRCD-M is a compact module for
producing a five-pole PRCD for power sockets.

A tragic workplace accident that was recounted It offers AC-DC sensitive residual current
protection (Type B), protective conductor and
in “Arbeitssicherheit & Gesundheitsschutz mains conductor monitoring, an under-voltage
aktuell” (Safety Xperts, week 25/26-2020)
shows exactly why they are so important: release, external residual current detection and
a counter-clockwise rotating field interlock.
When transporting materials for a loft conver-
sion project in a Berlin apartment building, a zinc gutter. Two colleagues also sustained
construction workers connected a building an electric shock during the rescue attempt. You can find more information about the
DPRCD-M on our website and in the online
materials hoist (ladder hoist) to a fixed socket A fire-fighter eventually unplugged the hoist. seminar on “Safety for mobile applications”,
using an extension cable. The hoist was in con- Sadly, the young construction worker died at
tact with the scaffolding. A short while later, a the scene of the accident. which you can view as a recording at
akademie.doepke.de (in German).
young construction worker was electrocuted The accident investigation determined that
while holding on to the steel scaffolding and the socket to which the hoist was connected

Doepke international – our partners all over the world

Türkiye: NOVSEN ELEKTRİK ELEKTRONİK TİC. A.Ş

Founded: 2015
Location: Istanbul
Employees: 16

For the last decade or so, NOVSEN ELEKTRIK
has been a major provider of electric switching
devices and electrical products in Türkiye. The
company puts its trust in renowned interna-
tional brands in the fields of energy measure-
ment, residual current protection, lighting and its broad portfolio and its innovative solutions
monitoring systems. NOVSEN – along with its such as e.Guard. Thanks to this partnership,
partner company EKOSIS – provides not just customers in Türkiye have access to more
top-class products, but also comprehensive pioneering technologies than ever. This close
technical support for the use and commission- partnership and NOVSEN’s intensive marke-
ing of low-voltage installations. Doepke has ting activities have been raising the profile of
been part of the NOVSEN portfolio since 2022, Doepke products, which are now being used
offering its reliable and high-quality products, ever more widely in Türkiye.