January 2010

Cover Story

Renewable Energy Distributed Generation

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer

Can electric utilities keep up with the demand for renewable energy?...

Features

Minority Report

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer

Update on whether or not certified small and disadvantaged businesses are getting their fair share of stimulus package funds...

Conceptual Estimates, Budgets, and Design-Build

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Linda Candels, Candels Consulting

Comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between common estimating approaches...

10 Tips for Growing Your Electrical Business in Lean Times

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By David Brown and Sheila Burres, D. Brown Management

Marketing strategies for growing your electrical business during a recession...

National Electrical Code

Commercial Loads — Part 1

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant

The electrical load requirements for commercial installations result in a great deal of diversity in usage....

Illustrated Catastrophes

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Brian J. McPartland, NEC Consultant

Whoever performed this installation must not have even known that the NEC has rules for temporary wiring....

What's Wrong Here?

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM

Hint: Permissible wiring methods...

Stumped by the Code?

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant

Q. Do I need a grounding conductor for a pole light, or is the ground rod good enough? ...

Industry Viewpoint

The Prospect of Home Power

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief

Future power generation opportunities for end-users at home...

Forensic Casebook

The Case of the Deadly Arc Flash

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Benjamin D. Miller, P.E., Miller Engineering

How defective test equipment coupled with lack of training led to tragedy for electrical workers at a shopping mall...

Maintenance Facts

Troubleshooting Building Control Systems

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Jim Shields and Hilton Hammond, Fluke Corp., and Greg Jourdan, Wenatchee Valley College

Electrical service technicians today must understand the communications problems that crop up in multilayered building control systems...

Analyze This

Construction Market Statistics

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM

Percentage increase in NEMA’s Primary Industrial Controls Index during the third quarter of 2009 as compared with the second quarter...

Project Spotlight

St. Louis Car Dealership is on the Road to LEED Silver Certification

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor

Dave Mungenast Lexus in St. Louis constructs $16 million showroom and service center to LEED specifications...

Product Spotlight

Focus on Boxes & Enclosures

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM

New product spotlight on boxes and enclosures for electrical contractors, electrical engineers, and plant facility personnel...

New Products

Product News

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM

Industrial connectivity system The Arrow Hart brand LynxPower industrial connectivity system features four application packages. The SoftPower application...

Product News

Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM

Dimmers The Titan Commercial Dimmers product line has been expanded to include 3- and 4-wire models for use with 120V and 277V fluorescent dimming ballasts....

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product spotlight

EV charger tester

May 25, 2012 8:26 AM

EV charger tester

The Electrician is portable tester that verifies critical power and safety requirements of electric vehicle (EV) chargers...

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