With the failure of vital electrical equipment potentially leading to a disaster scenario for many companies, one firm is urging the use of crash kits and switchgear spares.

The advice comes from Mardix Critical Power Services who say that switchgear failure can be a costly problem to resolve and with the lack of production could be even more expensive for the company concerned.

One way of reducing the downtime and business disruption is to have a spares crash kit on site so that when engineers respond to the firm's emergency situation, everything that is crucial to their needs is already there.

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Not only will this ensure that the problem is more quickly resolved but that disruption will be kept to a minimum – as will the inevitable costs involved with such a failure.

A spokesman for Mardix said: “It is good advice that firms who rely on crucial equipment should stay one step ahead of a costly switchgear failure by having spares and crash kits on site. Mardix can supply these which will also help the Mean Time To Repair (MTTR) be reduced considerably.

“We can use our extensive experience in providing bespoke switchgear designs which will enable us to identify the critical components which are supporting a firm's load and then create a spares crash kit to be kept on site.”

The creation of a crash kit containing crucial equipment is a logical step if those crucial parts are not so easy to get hold of and have to be ordered; some parts may take some time to be delivered which means that the equipment concerned will be out of action until it is repaired.

Avoid vital switchgear failure

A crash kit will also bring peace of mind should the worst-case and scenario occur and that engineers who understand and have this specialist knowledge required to carry out an emergency repair will have the vital components to hand which will reduce down time considerably.

In addition, should the parts no longer be made or be hard to get hold of, Mardix Critical Power Services can manufacture or reproduce vital kit which will be retain securely for their customer's use.

Mardix Critical Power Services is a major part of the global multi-discipline engineering firm, Mardix Group, which has an unrivalled reputation in providing the best in circuit breaker maintenance and energy management, cabling and refrigeration as well as thermography and maintenance.

For more information: Contact Mardix Operation’s Director, Wayne Lewis by email - [email protected] - or call +44 (0) 7795 018 304 or visit the Mardix website to learn more about crucial switchgear crash kits.