Better Electrical Safety Devices that Just Work
For Engineers, by Engineers. We developed our control switch covers out of a need to solve our own industrial electrical safety concerns.
How Sentinel Control Products Came About
Seeing the need for a better safety mechanisms within power plants, substations, factories, and industrial sites, systems technical specialist Tim Arnst devised an easy to install switch cover to provide a more robust and effective safety solution for unwanted switch operation than methods that were previously in use. Our Control Switch Safety Covers now prevent unwanted service outages, provides a better safety solution for accidental operation within power plants and factories, and provides greater peace of mind for factory managers and employees.
Our Mission
Provide a Superior Control Switch Protection and LOTO Method
We want to spread the good news of the easiest safety and security upgrade electrical professionals can make to their industrial electrical facilities. Many electrical service outages simply do not have to happen if more electrical facilities use the CS-1.
Our Vision
No Industrial Facility Should Lose Uptime to an Accidental Control Switch Operation.
A single accidental operation can cost six or seven figures in downtime, equipment damage, and lost production. Sentinel’s vision is to give every industrial facility — from substations and power plants to datacenters and manufacturers — the easiest, highest-quality way to close that gap.
Our Values
Safety. Quality. Streamlined Processes.
We value our clients’ safety and the safety of all workers in industrial electrical settings throughout the country.
We take pride in delivering high quality workmanship and a product that “just works,” allowing you to focus more on the core activities in your electrical facility. We want you to be able to worry less about the possibility of outages, lost revenue, or catastrophic failures by implementing improved processes, of which Sentinel and the CS-1 are a crucial part.
Our Team
Tim Arnst
Owner and Engineer
Working in the electrical power industry since 1979 as an operator, test technician, craftsman and technical specialist on systems up to 500 kV, I have seen many methods of protection employed to protect breaker control switches from accidental operation.
In 2013 we decided to come up with a better solution that was robust and easily installed, meeting the needs of the industry. The CS-1 Control Switch Safety Cover has been a fun and exciting challenge that is being accepted not only in the US and Canada but around the world. With the addition of our universal mounting base, the CS-1 can be adapted to other switch types. It has been a pleasure working with our customers and seeing the other applications the CS-1 is being used for.
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