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ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE HEADLINE NEWS, BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.There have been negative reports of safety issues like car fires. But more important, industry trends fueled by controversy over global warming and issues of the environment and pollution have made electric vehicles the trend of the future. Amid such excitement, it’s easy to overlook fundamentals andRead More ›

THE SPANISH TOWN OF POZUELO DE ALARCÓN, located 15 kilometres west of Madrid, now benefits from a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient and centrally controllable lighting solution. Tridonic has equipped the municipality with 2,700 smart, dimmable LED drivers for the entire outdoor area. The town can thus save more than 50 percent in energy costs and take aRead More ›

INSULATION RESISTANCE TESTING has evolved over several decades. The fundamental principles of testing insulation resistance have not varied significantly over that time, however, the instrumentation used to measure insulation resistance has improved greatly in capability, accuracy, functionality and usability. Insulation resistance test instruments resistance testers are commonly known as Megohmmeters. One interesting common belief isRead More ›

TO LOOK BEYOND THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC for many businesses requires contextualizing all the advancements that have helped guide them through it. Megatrends like digital transformation have been accelerated by our circumstances this past year. Innovations that have been introduced won’t be going away or anywhere anytime soon. Electrical contractors should consider how this changing ITRead More ›

YOU DON’T THINK TWICE ABOUT INSURING YOUR CAR, health, and home but what about providing protection for your facilities automation equipment, sensors, servers and microprocessor-based controls and systems? All those are subject to power quality disturbances that cost American manufacturers $26 billion annually in damaged machinery, work stoppage, lost data, and energy costs. The goodRead More ›

THE SPANISH CITY OF TERRASSA, located around 30 kilometres outside Barcelona, is devoted to climate protection and wants to offer its citizens clean air, a better quality of life and a healthy environment. By modernising more than 29,000 light points, it has now reached an important milestone towards becoming an energy-efficient, eco-friendly city. Tridonic’s dimmableRead More ›

IF YOU OWN OR RUN A BUSINESS, it’s very likely that one of the things you’re least likely to think about on a regular basis is the quality of your electricity. For a start, what is power quality and how can it vary? Surely you can depend upon your energy supplier to look after thisRead More ›

ARC FLASH INCIDENTS are of major concern for personnel working with energized equipment. When first adopted by OSHA in 20061, the arc flash Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worn by these personnel was often hot, uncomfortable, and cumbersome. Innovations in arc flash PPE, however, are maintaining and even increasing user safety while also improving users’ experienceRead More ›

G.A. BRAUN IS A GLOBAL LEADER in the design and manufacturing of commercial laundry and textile equipment. Over the past 75 years, the company has built a global reputation for innovation, quality construction and customer satisfaction. To meet growing demand for its state- of-the-art systems, the company recently added a massive, 100,000 square foot expansionRead More ›

NUMEROUS SCIENTIFIC STUDIES HAVE PROVEN that aerosols are a major means of transmitting viruses, such as COVID-19. We know today that active virus particles can float in the air longer and further than originally thought and pose a potential danger. This is especially problematic in indoor locations where people typically gather, such as in meetingRead More ›

Vince Miller started Miller Safety Consultants, a veteran owned business in 1999. The goal of the business was to provide cost effective safety consulting, employee training such as: confined space entry, fall protection, electrical safety and provide sales of electrical shock and flash protective equipment and fall protection equipment to businesses in the Washington DCRead More ›

THE LOW RESISTANCE OHMMETER appeared just over a century ago, at the dawn of the electrical industry and the development of test instrumentation. A genuine low resistance ohmmeter is designed to measure less than 1Ω. Accordingly, it must have sufficient test current to accurately measure to minute levels. This is a critical differentiation from commonRead More ›