New Subcontractors Association Aims for Deeper Discounts From Manufacturers
Oct 1, 2007,
Live on the Internet for just a few months, Albany, N.Y.-based SubcontractorsCorner.com already boasts a full left-hand column of advertisers offering...
Article 240: Overcurrent Protection
Oct 1, 2007, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Article 240 provides the requirements for selecting and installing overcurrent protection devices (OCPDs). Depending on your application, other Articles...
What's Wrong Here?
Oct 1, 2007, By Joe Tedesco, NEC Columnist
How well do you know the Code? Think you can spot violations the original installer either ignored or couldn't identify? Here's your chance to moonlight...
Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure Could Top $1 Billion by 2011
Oct 1, 2007,
Astudy from Dedham, Mass.-based ARC Advisory Group titled Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure Worldwide Outlook forecasts the market for hardened industrial...
SHOCKING STAT OF THE MONTH
Oct 1, 2007,
25% Percentage the Department of Homeland Security has indicated it will raise civil fines imposed on employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants....
Observations on Supplemental Grounding and Bonding: Part 4
Oct 1, 2007, By William Bush, Panduit
In Part 3 of this article (September 2007), we described how single-point grounding (SPG) is not nearly as straightforward as multipoint grounding systems....
Software Simplifies Residential Estimating
Oct 1, 2007, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor
Bill Ruffner, president of Advanced Electrical Technologies, Plainfield, Ill., has discovered firsthand that necessity is indeed the mother of invention....
Using State-of-the-Art Screw-Based Lamps
Oct 1, 2007, By James R. Benya, P.E., FIES, FIALD, LC, Benya Lighting Design
The cost of high-technology lighting is widely acknowledged as a barrier to the greater use of advanced sources in retail and other commercial lighting...
Santee Cooper Unveils Innovative Net Billing Program
Oct 1, 2007,
Thanks to a new pilot net billing program from their local utility, some South Carolinians will not only have the opportunity to earn money for generating...
Short Circuits
Oct 1, 2007,
Homemade Flame Thrower Our forklift was having fuel problems due to sawdust in the gas tank. One day, my brother, who is also our lead electrician, along...
The Art of Selection
Oct 1, 2007, By Michael Eby, Editor-in-Chief
On the surface, incorporating the concepts of selective coordination in the design of power distribution systems seems like a Why wouldn't you want to...
Product News
Oct 1, 2007,
Ground-fault sensor This ground-fault sensing module functions interdependently with a magnetic branch-circuit breaker. The module monitors the electrical...
Product News
Oct 1, 2007,
PoE modules These UL-approved industrial-strength Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) modules make it possible to use the Ethernet to transfer both data and electricity....
Product News
Oct 1, 2007,
Cut-off tool The DC415KL cut-off tool features a 36V battery designed with nano-phosphate lithium ion cells that the company says offers 2,000 recharges....
Code Quandaries
Oct 1, 2007, By Mike Holt, NEC Consultant
Q. Where in the Code does it say that sharing a neutral is acceptable?...
Product Spotlight
Oct 1, 2007,
Ground-fault sensor This ground-fault sensing module functions interdependently with a magnetic branch-circuit breaker. The module monitors the electrical...
Making Amendments
Oct 1, 2007, By Beck Ireland, Staff Writer
Although the three-year Code-making cycle for the 2008 edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC) recently closed, the dust has not yet settled on...
Construction Contractors Not Required to Sign Project Labor Agreement
Sep 1, 2007,
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently found that labor unions and the owner of an upcoming project cannot lawfully agree to require the owner's...
Nonresidential Construction Spending and Employment Reports At Odds
Sep 1, 2007,
Despite reports of year-to-year gains of 14% to 15% in nonresidential spending and investment in nonresidential structures, the Bureau of Labor Statistics...
Product Spotlight
Sep 1, 2007,
Fall protection kit The Durabilt construction kit features a full body harness with grommeted leg straps and a 6-ft polyester energy-absorbing lanyard...
Solar Certification for Electrical Contractors
Sep 1, 2007,
In the four years since Malta, N.Y.-based North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) launched its Solar PV Installer Certification,...
SHOCKING STAT OF THE MONTH
Sep 1, 2007,
4 BILLION Number of U.S. lamp sockets fitted with general-service incandescent light bulbs Source: The National Lighting Bureau, Silver Spring, Md....
Sunny Forecast for Power Plant Construction
Sep 1, 2007, By Stefanie Kure, Senior Associate Editor
Electrical contractors may want to grab a pair of sunglasses. Government legislation, growing demand for the use of environmentally friendly fuels, and...
Product News
Sep 1, 2007,
UPS The FN Series of parallel or N+1 redundant uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) features an enhanced processor using digital signal processing technology....
The Changing Face of CPM
Sep 1, 2007, By Tom Zind, Freelance Writer
The advent of ever-more powerful software has relieved contractors of tedious work ranging from bookkeeping to taxes to estimating. Time that used to...
