This is the second of a series of articles detailing significant changes for the 2021 Canadian Electrical Code Part I (CE Code).
Electric vehicle batteries that are repurposed for use in new applications generally undertake a three-step process.
Some actions can make the residential, commercial, and even larger PV systems more resilient and robust under the impending threat of more frequent severe weather.
Q. I have a question on a luminaire cut sheet that indicates the luminaire (LED disc light) conforms with UL 1598 and is allowed in clothes closets. How do I know if the luminaire is suitable to be installed in the clothes closet storage space?
The month of May is National Electrical Safety Month, an initiative sponsored by Electrical Safety Foundation International.
As appliance and HVAC system efficiencies increase, load-side PV connections associated with smaller PV systems will be with us in great numbers.
The 2020 edition of the National Electric Code (NEC) includes special provisions for reconditioned or refurbished electrical equipment, defined as “electromechanical systems, equipment, apparatus, or components” that have been reworked and restored to operating conditions.
We have continued to see a big problem with stolen ground wires on many utility poles over the years. A utility poles’s grounding conductors [ground wires or “grounds”] contain copper --a highly conductive metal--, but also a highly valued metal in the marketplace.
This is the first of a series of articles detailing significant changes for the 2021 Canadian Electrical Code Part I (CE Code).