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2 | Safety MattersEducating the market on the electrical safety front. | |  | | |
|  A ladder seems like a simple enough thing to use. Lean it against the wall (or open it, if it’s a step ladder) and walk up its rungs. Yet, many people get it wrong. For example, instead of walking up its rungs, they may use a cross brace as a step. Or they may lean to the side instead of moving the ladder. Here are some tips to avoid these potentially deadly mistakes. |
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|  Many years before safety-related maintenance requirements made it into NFPA 70E, presenters at conferences for the electrical testing industry asserted that if you didn’t have the maintenance history on a piece of equipment, you must assume the equipment is not in a safe condition. During Q&A sessions, this assertion would be challenged as paranoid or costly. However, equipment that is poorly maintained poses a big safety risk. Do you know where the bright red line is? |
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Members Only |  PREMIUM CONTENT: Randy Barnett, an electrical instructor, trainer, inspector, journeyman electrician, and safety expert, walks viewers through the basics of electromagnetic motor starters, including what they are, how to troubleshoot them, and their NEC requirements. |
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|  Unfortunately, Russ says he sees this type of violation far too often in his travels. This PVC conduit installation is nearly ready to fall off the side of the building because the installer didn’t include expansion fittings as required by Sec. 352.44 of the 2020 NEC. |
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|  The University of Oregon Energy studies in Building Lab, in partnership with BetterBricks, recently released a new white paper that examines how sensor-based luminaire level lighting controls (LLLCs) can balance both health and energy – and help avoid scenarios where these priorities are at odds with each other. |
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|  Click through this photo gallery to see what cities (listed in descending order) paid top dollar in 2020 to employ electrical engineers. |
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Members Only |  As temperatures heat up across the country, efforts by states, homebuilders, HVAC contractors, and others to sidestep a 2020 National Electrical Code requirement linked to worrisome cases of repeated tripping of GFCI breakers on newly installed HVAC units have been following suit. Of concern is Sec. 210.8(F), which extends GFCI protection to outdoor outlet components of AC and heat pump systems and other equipment supplied by single-phase branch circuits rated 150V to ground or less. |
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| Are you using thermography as part of your electrical preventive maintenance program? If not, you should "see" what you're missing. JR Smith is director of thermography services for Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. and a Level-III thermographer. |
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