| | | | | | In Episode 30 of “EC&M Asks,” a video series featuring subject matter experts (SMEs) answering reader-submitted questions regarding popular electrical topics, Ron Widup, vice chairman, board of directors, and senior advisor of technical services for Shermco Industries, covers best practices for electrical testing and maintenance on a budget. He shares... |
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| | | | Site visits can be daunting even for the experienced engineer. Here are some key factors to consider as well as best practices to employ when taking on this task. |
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| | | | As demand for new solar farms continues to rise, so does a host of challenges including community pushback, equipment and labor shortages, and a congested grid. Here’s how the industry is overcoming them. |
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| | | | Fill in the blank. In health care facilities, _____ ground receptacle(s) installed in patient care spaces outside of a patient care vicinity(s) shall comply with Sec. 517.16(B)(1) and (2). |
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| | | | As an electrical contractor, your power tools are your livelihood. Without them, your work would be impossible. However, there’s one important component of your power tools that you might not be paying enough attention to: the batteries. There are three crucial things you must know about your power tool batteries. |
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| | | ABC is soliciting feedback from members and industry leaders to recommend policy solutions to increase success in apprenticeship programs. |
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| | | According to BriteSwitch, a firm specializing in capturing local, utility, state, and federal rebates/incentives for businesses, the past couple of months have seen a flurry of activity as organizations updated their rebate programs for 2024. Each year, these incentives, which have been instrumental in driving energy efficiency since the mid-80s, continue... |
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| Construction input prices increased 1.0% in January compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices increased 0.9% for the month. |
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| | | Energy storage devices are starting to be more widely used, especially when there is a priority for renewable energy sources and where the use of solar photovoltaic (PV) and other energy collecting systems have the potential to produce more energy than a facility can utilize in real time. |
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| In Episode 35 of EC&M Tech Talk, Electrical Trainer Randy Barnett covers seven topics to help understand some of the more confusing terms we often run into in the NEC, including Art. 100 definitions, voltage levels, cables, circuit breakers, fuses, classes of circuits, and grounding. |
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