Switchgear Shakeup: Should You Specify Seismic-Rated?

The need to account for earthquake hazards in switchgear design affects nearly all of us An earthquake will occur today. The same can be said for tomorrow and the day after. Most of these quakes will go unnoticed by everything but sensitive seismic instruments. Others will cause substantial, sometimes catastrophic, destruction. Most people in the United States incorrectly think of earthquakes as phenomena

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