We build the switchboard, not just supply the breaker.
Switchboards, distribution panels, metering centres and sheet metal enclosures, fabricated in Laventille since 1973 and supplied across Trinidad, Tobago and the Caribbean.
Est. 1973 · Laventille, Trinidad · 868-626-1676
1973Manufacturing in Laventille since
2500AMaximum switchboard rating
11Product lines in stock
6Manufacturer partners
About EMF
Fifty-three years, one address
Established in 1973, EMF Limited has supplied the electrical industry for over fifty years.
From Building 16 at the Fernandes Industrial Centre we manufacture panel boards, switchboards, metering centres, isolators and custom sheet metal enclosures, and we hold the components to finish them. Working relationships with international manufacturers let us build to exacting specifications for industrial and residential customers throughout Trinidad and Tobago and across the Caribbean.
- Address
- Building 16, Fernandes Industrial Centre, Eastern Main Road, Laventille
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
- Supplying
- Trinidad, Tobago and the Caribbean
1973Building panels in Laventille
What we manufacture
Built to order in Laventille
Assemblies fabricated in our own shop. Send a drawing or a panel schedule and we will quote it.
Distribution panels
Eaton Powerline PRL1a, PRL2a and PRL3a panels, indoor or weatherproof, main lug or main breaker.
Request a quote →Metering centres
Metering centres, meter bases, meter cabinets, CT cabinets and digital meter bases.
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Control panels
Motor and lighting control panels, wired with soft starters, overloads and auxiliary contacts.
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Custom enclosures
Sheet metal enclosures fabricated to your specification, including IP66 marine cabinets.
Request a quote →Isolators and cable management
Double throw and manual transfer switches, 16 gauge trunking and tray, 14 gauge HV termination boxes.
Request a quote →What we stock
The parts behind the panel
The components we build with, sold off the shelf. Eleven product lines from our partners.
Eaton · Bticino · Legrand
Circuit breakers
Plug-in, bolt-on, DIN rail and motor circuit
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Surge protectors
Plug-in, single phase and three phase SPDs
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Isolators
Double throw safety and manual transfer switches
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Eaton
Contactors
9A to 400A, overloads, auxiliaries, soft starters
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Control components
Pilot lights, push buttons, selectors, timers, relays
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Eaton
Transformers
Control and dry type transformers
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Metering
Volt and amp meters, multifunction meters, CTs, hubs
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Panel components
Stand-offs, insulation, lugs to 1500 mcm, vents
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Copper
Bus bar and ground bar, 1/2 x 1/8 to 4 x 3/8
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Wiring accessories
Trunking, glands, fuses, terminal blocks, markers
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Trade tools
Cable cutters, hydraulic crimpers, punch kits
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Need it built into a panel instead? Send us the panel schedule and we will quote the assembly.
Our work
Built on our own shop floor
Panels and enclosures photographed in the EMF yard and workshop. Tap any photo to see it full size.
Panel rating decoder
What our nameplates mean
Working from a panel schedule? Tap a rating to see what it means and what we build at it.
Ratings
2500A
The maximum current the busbar and main device in a panel are rated to carry continuously.
Our switchboards are built with panel ratings up to 2500 amps.
Specify this →480/277V
A three phase, four wire supply: 480 volts between phases, 277 volts phase to neutral. Standard for commercial lighting and motor loads.
Our switchboards are built at 480/277 volts.
Specify this →600Y/347VAC
The upper voltage class that Eaton Powerline lighting and appliance branch panels protect to.
We supply Eaton Powerline panels rated for branch circuit protection up to 600Y/347VAC.
Specify this →9A to 400A
The contactor current band, from a small motor starter to a large feeder contactor.
We stock Eaton contactors from 9A to 400A with 24VDC, 120V, 220V and 480V coils.
Specify this →Panel families
PRL1a
Eaton Powerline panelboard, the lighter duty family in the range.
Stocked and built into our distribution panels.
Specify this →PRL2a
Eaton Powerline panelboard, the middle family.
Stocked and built into our distribution panels.
Specify this →PRL3a
Eaton Powerline panelboard, the heaviest of the three families we carry.
Stocked and built into our distribution panels, indoor and weatherproof.
Specify this →Main lug or main breaker
A main lug panel is fed from an upstream device. A main breaker panel carries its own disconnect.
UL listed kits allow field conversion from main lugs to a main circuit breaker.
Specify this →Sheet metal and cable
16 gauge
Roughly 1.5mm sheet. The standard body gauge for trunking, tray and pull boxes.
Our trunking and cable tray come in 8ft lengths of 16 gauge steel or aluminium. Pull boxes are 16 gauge with backplate.
Specify this →14 gauge
Roughly 1.9mm sheet. Heavier, for enclosures that must take mechanical abuse.
Our high voltage termination boxes are 14 gauge with removable panels.
Specify this →1500 mcm
A conductor size: 1500 thousand circular mils, a very large feeder cable.
We hold aluminium lugs to house cable up to 1500 mcm.
Specify this →Protection
IP66
Dust tight and protected against powerful jets of water. The rating you want near salt spray or washdown.
Our marine cabinets are IP66 rated.
Specify this →SPD
Surge protective device. It diverts a transient spike to earth before it reaches the load.
We supply plug-in, single phase and three phase SPDs.
Specify this →Double throw
A switch that connects a load to either of two sources but never both, used for manual generator changeover.
We build double throw safety switches, manual transfer switches and isolators to house any size of breaker.
Specify this →Not sure which rating you need?
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Talk to the shop
Send a drawing, a panel schedule or a part number. We are open Monday to Friday.
AddressBuilding 16, Fernandes Industrial Centre, Eastern Main Road, Laventille
Phone868-626-1676
Emailsales@emf.co.tt
HoursMonday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm. Closed weekends.
Electrical Manufacturing and Fabricating LimitedBuilding 16, Fernandes Industrial Centre, Laventille · Est. 1973
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