NEMA's Guide SG 20-2013 enhances electrical safety awareness and mitigates electrical hazards to those servicing and maintaining switchgear.
Considering the complexity of the PV systems and the environment in which they operate, electrical inspections of PV systems is no easy task for the AHJ.
The information we received from our 2016 membership survey is instrumental in helping us understand how members view the association and its services.
To play this quiz about equipment requirements in the 2014 NEC, you need a sharp eye, a quick mind and a 2014 National Electrical Code book.
With the rapidly growing commercial use of 3D printers to make parts, manufacturers still unfamiliar with this technology need to know its advantages and drawbacks compared to injection molding.
Service-entrance equipment can present unique challenges when it comes to proper application of electrical equipment. The service point is the point of demarcation between utility and premise wiring.
Selective coordination is often referred to simply as coordination. Coordination is defined in NEC® 240.2 as: “The proper localization of a fault condition to restrict outages to the equipment affected, accomplished by the choice of selective fault-protective devices.”
Australia, like many other countries, has experienced many changes within the electrical industry with the privatization of the electrical distribution businesses (power companies)
A sound electrical enforcement program is an essential element in ensuring safe electrical installations, establishing safe electrical work practices, driving performance requirement compliance, and supporting the installation of emerging technology that uses electrical power.
I have spoken with building department officials who have seen an increase of five to ten times in solar permit applications over the last few years. It is a tough task for them to keep up with the volume with no increase in budget or resources.