 |
Company Information
Our Vision
To safeguard life, health, and property through electrical distribution system technology.
Our Mission
Maximize installation of overload and shock prevention technology to save lives as soon as possible.
Richard Simpson (first Chairman of CPSC) on the cover of Business Week Magazine spearheading product safety in the US.
Our History
2D2C, Inc. has developed and patented technologies that can significantly reduce or eliminate household electrical fires and electrocutions. These technologies are easy to use and implement. They can be installed in existing homes without replacing any of the existing electrical distribution system.
In 1998, Richard Simpson was reading a book on his sofa beside a table lamp. To his surprise the lamp wiring smoldered signaling a pending fire, yet his circuit breaker did not trip. Mr. Simpson had a lifetime of dedication to life safety. Thus, he immediately took to understanding the problem: Overloaded appliances can ignite fires without tripping a circuit breaker.
In the late 1960's, Simpson led an elite design team in the development of the Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) receptacle while at the Rucker company in California. The GFCI has dramatically reduced the number of electrocutions and is required by both the US National Electric Code and the Canadian Electric Code throughout residential wiring systems.
In 1972, Simpson became the founding Chairman of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Therefore, it is of no surprise that Richard Simpson, with the help of Stephen Jarvis and John La Grou, invented an intelligent receptacle prototype to prevent fire ignition from overloaded appliances, lamps and extension cords. They called this technology an Overload Fault Circuit Interrupter (OFCI).
Photo: Richard Simpson shaking hands with President Gerald Ford as the first Chairman of the CPSC.
Simpson founded a company and hired a managment team of Greg Baker and Steve Montgomery to convert the OFCI concept into manufacturable products. The company established a Canadian division (called OFI, Inc.) to direct a research and development (R&D) laboratory in Ontario, Canada. This lab enhanced the basic Overload Fault Circuit Interrupter (OFCI) and Shock Fault Circuit Interrupter (SFCI), designs and built them into high-volume manufacturable products under the family brand name of SafePlug®. (www.safeplug.com)
Both the SafePlug Model 1200 and Model 1300 electrical duplex receptacles have been tested and listed against UL safety standards 498, 498A and 1449 and FCC emissions standards for the United States, and certified against CSA safety standard C22.2 42-99 and Industry Canada emissions standards for Canada. The Model 1200 installs as a retrofit over an existing electrical receptacle. The Model 1300 installs at the time of new construction, in lieu of a standard receptacle.
As of October 2004, additional patents are now pending for several additional innovations.
In the process, the R&D laboratory also developed Power Fault Circuit Interrupter (PFCI) technology to prevent fires caused by current flowing through high-resistance electrical connections and from over-voltage conditions. Patents for this technology are pending as of May 2006.
In the summer of 2008, the combination of appliance overload protection (then called Overload Fault Circuit Interrupter, OFCI) and bad wire-junction protection (then called Power Fault Circuit Interrupter, PFCI) was renamed Electrical Fault Circuit Interrupter (EFCI), since both are needed for complete fire protection in a home.
2D2C has a number of alliances with companies in the fire safety and electrical distribution areas.