Thursday, August 24, 2023

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Queensland Invention Saving Property Owners Thousands

When storm season hits and power from the grid fluctuates, the last thing you need is damage to your home and property infrastructure, resulting in the need for electricians, insurance claims and new equipment.

All these measures take time and money which are liberties you may not have when your fridges, freezers, bore pumps, cold room motors and other critical property infrastructure are out of action.

Electrical technician and Queensland Country Electrical director/owner Gavin Elliott knows this issue all too well and took matters into his own hands, developing MACS Monitoring, a voltage monitoring system that has already saved farmers and homeowners thousands.

“When you’ve got storm season and the power fluctuates on the grid, this prevents when that fluctuation happens, cuts the power, makes sure it’s stable and brings the power back on again,” said Gavin.

“Also, when it’s not storm season and the power fluctuates and drops down to what you call a brown out, that’s what burns out all your fridges, cold rooms, pumps and motors.

“That’s where it really saves people in that regard.

“And when the power’s too high, that’s when it burns out your electronic stuff, especially security systems.”

With a background in sheep, cattle and lucerne farming, Gavin completed an electrical trade in Townsville, working on switchboards in mining, heavy industry and rural.

“You start seeing more and more of the electrical problems in the rural, regional and remote areas,” he said.

In 2010 he started as an electrical contractor and over four and a half years, he developed the MACS Monitoring system.

“That’s where I came up with this product because there was nothing in the country that suited our Australian conditions and our climate.”

“We’ve saved some of our customers 40 to 60 thousand dollars over the last five years.”

The Queensland-owned, developed and patented product is simple enough for any electrician to install.

“We’ve provided a product where everyone’s happy, no one’s losing anything and we’re saving people money every year; happy days,” Gavin said.

MACS Monitoring will be at the Mackay Ag Trade Expo next month to answer all of your electrical questions and discounts are available for enquiries made at the expo.

For more information about the MACS Monitoring system contact 0400 867 800 or visit macsmonitoring.com.au.

Gavin Elliot has developed the MACS Monitoring system after seeing first-hand the issues fluctuating power can cause to properties and equipment

MACS Monitoring is a simple system intended for any electrician to be able to install, saving customers thousands. Photos supplied: Gavin Elliot

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