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Bunkered deep inside Interpower’s testing facility in Ames, Iowa, is an array of testing apparatus for the testing of electrical cable and components to push both newly manufactured and warehoused cable, cords, and components (and prototypes) to extreme limits, often well beyond UL and IEC standards for product compliance.

Whether it’s delivering higher amperages and voltages to portable CT scanners and X-ray machines, or providing power to heart monitors, ECMO machines, or hospital-grade treadmills, Interpower NEMA 5-15, 5-20, 6-15, and 6-20 hospital-grade molded cord sets supply the correct power for a wide range of medical equipment.

In an InfoPower article posted on March 15, 2021, “Importers of Chinese Electrical Cord Sets and Components May Continue Experiencing Gridlock,” Interpower noted the rising costs of shipping containers, specifically that the rate of a container shipping from Asia to Europe in November of 2020 was $2,200. In February of 2021, three months later, that same container cost $7,900.

Historically, electrical manufacturers have increased market share by producing exceptional products with exceptional service. Today, unprecedented Web access via mobile apps allow electronic consumers to look under the hood of your content management system and kick the “content” of your Website before determining whether to order, all the while doing so under time and budget constraints. While glamorous graphics and turbocharged taglines sell products, today’s savvy customers can conduct research in a few clicks of a mouse or touches on a screen to see what they’re really getting.

Electrical equipment emitting signals and their various frequencies can create enough Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) to interfere with or even damage nearby equipment.