New Name for CABA Research Council
Sep 1, 2008,
Ottawa, Canada-based Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) renamed its Internet Home Alliance Research Council as CABA's Connected Home Research...
Product News
Sep 1, 2008,
LED signage White LED edge-lit Caliber signage offers computer-generated custom graphics and wording to match a user's way-finding or informational needs....
Low-Voltage Electrical Reconditioning Standards
Sep 1, 2008,
The Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League (PEARL), Aurora, Colo., recently released 40 low-voltage electrical reconditioning standards...
Learning to Read Waveform Signatures
Sep 1, 2008, By Mark McGranaghan, EPRI Solutions
Today, many facilities have online monitoring systems that continuously track power quality, provide valuable information about energy use, and characterize...
Bright Outlook for Solar Cell Manufacturing Equipment Market
Sep 1, 2008,
As the price of crude oil has soared to record-high prices, the demand for alternate energy sources has also increased....
The Future Is Now
Sep 1, 2008, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Despite a collapsed housing market and sluggish general economy, 2007 offered ample opportunity for sales and growth through projects in the non-residential sector ...
Stumped by the Code?
Aug 14, 2008, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Q. Am I required to secure Type MC cable that is located under a raised floor of an information technology equipment room? ...
Fill 'Er Up
Aug 14, 2008, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Raceways must be large enough to hold conductors without overheating and avoid insulation damage during conductor pulls. Therefore, we must determine the maximum number and size of conductors to put in a given raceway. That limit is what we mean by raceway fill....
Intelligent Infrastructure: Security and Surveillance
Aug 1, 2008, By James Carlini, Certified Infrastructure Consultant
The need to understand how to maximize the network or electronic layer of infrastructure is imperative to maximizing economic viability of any enterprise as well as providing security and surveillance capabilities to it....
The Basics of Vector Analysis Part 1
Aug 1, 2008,
What is a vector, and how can we use it in electrical design?...
Focus on Motors & Motor Controllers
Aug 1, 2008,
The Tiastar Smart motor control center (MCC) product line has been expanded to include a series of gateway solutions that transition the Profibus-DP network inside the Smart MCC to the customer-desired control network....
Credit Crunch
Aug 1, 2008, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Cash flow — managing the collection of contract revenues and payments of the costs of contracted work — is a leading indicator of bankruptcy for construction contractors....
Advice Worth Taking
Aug 1, 2008, By Bradley Dawson, LTV Dynamics
As the owner of an electrical contracting firm, from whom do you obtain your advice?...
Code Quandaries
Aug 1, 2008, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Q. When adjusting the ampacity of a conductor due to conductor bundling, do we use the 90°C column ampacity or the 75°C column ampacity as listed in Table 310.16 for THHN?...
Enhancing Your Online Experience
Aug 1, 2008, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
There's no doubt many of you are using the EC&M Web site (www.ecmweb.com) on a regular basis. The latest report I read (July 2008) revealed a 34% increase in traffic compared to the same month last year — and an 11.2% increase over last month....
Product News
Aug 1, 2008,
Crimping tools According to the company, this line of crimping tools delivers 25% more crimping force with 20% less physical effort. Measuring 250 mm...
From the Forensic Files of NIOSH
Aug 1, 2008,
Few would argue that electrocution is a serious threat to electrical workers. However, it's only one of the dangers faced by this group of individuals, as evidenced by a tragedy that occurred at a Michigan vehicle transmission plant....
Diagnostic Trends
Aug 1, 2008, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
For the last 20 years, Randy Barnett, director of curriculum development, American Trainco, Englewood, Colo., has been keeping his clients up-to-date on innovations in plant maintenance. ...
LEDs Pave the Way
Aug 1, 2008, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor
It's not often that a chance encounter between two strangers from opposite sides of the world results in the development of a novel new product, but that's exactly what happened when Jon Jorgensen and Markus Bechstein met two years ago....
Product News
Aug 1, 2008,
Hot-swappable UPS According to the company, these two 8kVA SmartOnline hot-swappable modular UPS systems include a corded input that eliminates the need...
Budgets Hit Hard with Rising Material Costs
Aug 1, 2008,
Surging prices for diesel fuel, asphalt, steel, and other materials are clobbering construction budgets, said Ken Simonson...
High-Benefit Lighting Awards Call for Entries
Aug 1, 2008,
The National Lighting Bureau (NLB), Silver Spring, Md., encourages you to enter the 29th Annual High-Benefit Lighting Awards Program....
Starts Down 11%
Aug 1, 2008,
New York-based McGraw-Hill Construction recently released its annual Construction Outlook Midyear Update...
