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Ladder Disaster
A subcontractor was working on my neighbors 12 foot high garage door and the ladder slipped out from underneath him. I heard a tremendous crash and a person moaning in agony. It was a tripod...
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Electrical tape binds man’s severe neck wound after ATV accident
BELVIDERE — A man whose severe neck wound was bound by black electrical tape has been released from the hospital, Sheriff David Gallant said today, April 9. The man, a 45-year-old Montague man, was...
View ArticleNETA’S 2010 OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – HONORING NETA’S MOST VALUABLE ASSET
BY KRISTEN WICKS NETA Each year NETA’s President is given the difficult task of selecting one of NETA’s many volunteers as the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award. This person demonstrates...
View ArticleTECHNICAL BRIEF: REPLACING OLDER MEDIUM-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKERS WITH VACUUM...
By Baldwin Bridger Many older installations of metal-clad switchgear are candidates for modernizing or upgrading. The interrupting duty may have grown past the interrupting capacity of the existing...
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THE CURRENT METHOD OF TESTING CIRCUIT BREAKERS
BY MICHAEL SKELTON Kelvatek Background One of the most critical devices on any electricity network is the circuit breaker which can be described as the silent sentinel, standing guard over the network...
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Partial Discharge Measurement Pays Big Dividends
Don A. Genutis, No-Outage Electrical Testing, Inc. & Neil Davies, EA Technology Introduction Just like people, electrical assets age and deteriorate; and as with human medicine, there have been...
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From the Brink of Disaster
Lessons for Electrical Safety and Reliability H. Landis “Lanny” Floyd, DuPont First, it may be useful to share a bit of background on DuPont, the oldest Fortune 500 company. French immigrant...
View ArticleWhy Electrical Currents Need to be “Grounded”
Anything to do with electricity or electrical systems can be super confusing. Well, that shouldn’t come as a surprise because it is, after all, a fairly complex field. Just hearing some of the terms...
View ArticleThe Importance of Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is a term that we’ve all come across. But, now, it’s pretty much the only thing we keep hearing. You see, renewable energy is a big deal today and as time passes, it’s only going to...
View ArticleElectrical Safety at the Workplace: Tips
Electrical safety should be a priority in the workplace, especially if the workplace is home to heavy-duty electrical equipment. The last thing you need is an accident that puts employees at risk....
View ArticleWhat is an Arc Flash?
An arc flash, also known as an electric arc, is the rapid release of energy that occurs as the result of an electrical arcing fault. Arc flashes can be very dangerous to people who are exposed to it....
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