|  | | | | | The holiday season is here! To help you celebrate, Group Editorial Director Mike Eby has compiled his annual list of 12 products that any electrician would love to receive this holiday season. Click through the slides to see what Mike feels would make a great gift to unwrap this year. |
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| | | More than 40,000 North Carolina residents were left without power on Saturday night |
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| | | The word “hack” has undergone some expansion in its meaning over the past decade or so. Originally, a hacker was someone who gained unauthorized access to a computer system. The word started being used by self-help speakers and business speakers to mean something little known or seldom-practiced that you can do to improve your life or job performan... |
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| | | The plant where you work has two main buildings, each with its own maintenance group. In the other building, there’s a big extruder that the operators say either isn’t getting hot enough or has an inconsistent temperature. The resident guru on this system is on vacation and his alternate is away on training. Your boss has asked you to look at this ... |
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| | | Art. 440, Part 2 provides the requirements for the disconnecting means of the hermetic motors used in HVAC and refrigeration equipment. It must be within sight and readily accessible from the equipment it supplies. |
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| | | In Episode 19 of “EC&M Tech Talks,” Randy Barnett, a journeyman electrician, inspector, author, trainer, and electrical safety expert, clears up some of the confusion regarding grounded conductors, grounding electrode conductors, neutrals, and equipment grounding conductors. |
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| | | In Episode 4 of “EC&M Asks,” a new video series featuring subject matter experts (SMEs) answering reader-submitted questions regarding popular electrical topics, Randy Barnett, a journeyman electrician, inspector, author, trainer, and electrical safety expert covers audience questions about grounding- and bonding-related topics. |
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| | | Fill in the blank. A(n) \"_____\" enclosure is constructed or protected so that exposure to the weather will not interfere with successful operation. |
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| | | The National Electrical Code (NEC) updates every three years and it's important for electrical professionals to stay on top of the changes in each Code cycle. That's why EC&M has teamed up with longstanding NEC Consultant Mike Holt to update our readers on the key changes made during the latest Code cycle. |
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| | | This gallery features six new product innovations in motors, drives, motor controls, and power distribution equipment. |
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| | | Safety violations happen. Generally, they exist due to a combination of circumstances that may include an individual’s failure to comply with existing policy. They may or may not be the fault of company management. However, OSHA violations exist due to a weakness in the company’s safety policies. They usually are the fault of company management. |
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| | | The capital request is an internal financial control that companies use to determine how best to allocate funds. Those funds are typically borrowed, which means the cost of capital is considered. That cost is baked into numbers such as the internal rate of return and the modified internal rate of return. Numbers such as payback period or return on ... |
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| | | Art. 440, Part I provides the NEC general requirements for air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment. This article has an unusual aspect to it, compared to other NEC articles — it’s essentially a supplement to Art. 430 (motors). It covers a special type of motor, namely ones that are hermetically sealed. They are hermetically sealed because they... |
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| | Advertisement | Register now for EC&M’s 2-day Code Change Conferences! Two locations: Seattle and Boston! |
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| | | You may be among those fortunate enough to work for an employer who meets OSHA requirements or even goes beyond them. However, whether your employer does or not, it is really up to you to literally not fall down on the job. Consider these five ways in which people unexpectedly undergo a rapid change in elevation. |
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| | | In Episode 17 of EC&M On Air, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson spoke with several executives from this year's Top 50 Electrical Contractors special report: Wendy Davidson, MYR Group; Jeff Thiede, MDU Construction Services Group; Tom Clark, Faith Technologies Incorporated; Miller Chalk and Gael Pirlot, Inglett & Stubbs; and Bryan Webb, Cache Valley Elec... |
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| | | FREE PREMIUM CONTENT: In episode 14, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Parson and Code Consultant Russ LeBlanc discuss misconceptions surrounding the application of Sec. 590.4(D)(1). Is a multiwire branch circuit a single circuit or is it multiple circuits? |
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| | | Take this quiz about holiday lighting and enter for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Amazon, iTunes, or Cabela’s! |
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