Dual-strobe device provides two stages of notification The SpectrAlert dual-strobe series provides two stages of notification for life safety for security,...More
For the first 100 years of the telephone business, all telephone circuits were analog. They were designed around the characteristics and problems of analog...More
Timing is everything, in product launches as well as in life. When the product development team at Generac Power Systems Inc., Waukesha, Wis., launched...More
NEMA starts motor-efficiency program ROSSLYN, Va. The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has initiated a national Premium Efficient...More
Mona, Clinton, Md., the 50th largest contractor in the United States, was awarded the electrical contract for the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center (pictured...More
Enclosure lubricants QIs it permissible to put grease on the machined surface of either a box or cover where these are suitable for Class 1/Division 1...More
WHAT'S WRONG HERE? Give the specific 1999 NEC references related to any violations you find. Write Joe a Violation Notice rather than sending in a copy...More
Voltage logger captures short-term events The Model L215 dSimple Logger ata logger captures such short-term events as sags, swells and dropouts. The logger...More
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Pass & Seymour/Legrand has launched ElecTech, a Web-based program to provide training courses and promotional items to electrical contractors...More
The extra raceway that was connected to the cover of this conduit body is not a recognized method of installing a branch circuit for the supply to electrical...More
Ask 10 electrical contractors what business they are in, and nine of them will probably say something like, We install and service electrical wiring (and/or)...More
The cover on this conduit body, which is below the cabinet enclosing a panelboard installed indoors, was removed to allow rain water that accumulated...More
Directions: 1. Click below on the Product of the Month logo. 2. Right click, (or click and hold down, depending on your platform). 3. Select "Save Picture...More
Congratulations on being selected as a Product of the Month winner for CEE News magazine. Above is a low-resolution image that you can download for your...More
2000 SALES. $1.672 billion Behind the 2000 numbers. The company focused on blending the strengths of the electrical contractors that it has acquired over...More
Encompass Houston, Texas 2000 sales. $1.856 billion Behind the 2000 numbers. Encompass concentrated on the continued integration of Building One and GroupMAC...More
Hot markets and a robust economy characterized 2000 for many of the nation’s largest electrical contractors. “We’re coming off a good year...the best...More
WHAT'S WRONG HERE? Give the specific 1999 NEC references related to any violations you find. Write Joe a Violation Notice rather than sending in a copy...More
Winston Churchill once said Russia was a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. I feel much the same about the role of the electrical contractor...More
Improved ergonomics and wider distribution are providing electrical contractors with a bigger and better choice of hand tools and more places to buy them...More
This installation violates Section 300-20(a). Where conductors carrying alternating current are grouped together and installed in metal enclosures or...More
The Code is his passion. Steven Stack, of Waxhaw, N.C., lives, breathes and sleeps the NEC through his full-time job as an electrical inspector and his...More
Theres a place in this world for the angry, overbearing boss. But, curiously, its rarely the top place anymoreunless the place happens to be run by the...More
For a copy of CEE News Top 50 article in PDF format, click here. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader, free download. ] Hot markets and a robust economy characterized...More
Abstract: In this webinar, Mike will not only explain the current NEC requirements for GFCIs and AFCIs, but he'll explain how they operate, what causes their premature failure, and when they won't provide the safety protection you might have thought they would.
Abstract: This webinar will teach attendees the difference between risk and hazard, and how the choice of system grounding has a direct impact on reliability and safety.
