Electrical Industry Articles and Stories

Industrial facilities must have an Emergency, Escape, and Rescue (EER) plan in place whose object is to ensure the safety of personnel during an emergency. Among other requirements, the plan must include the installation of bright, reliable emergency lighting for illuminating a pathway to safety.

For electrical professionals, tools aren't just tools—they're the lifeline to efficiency, safety, and accuracy. Among the army of instruments available, two stand out for their ubiquity and utility: the digital multimeter (DMM) and the electrical tester. But what sets them apart? Let's dive in.

Designing industrial facilities is rarely a paint-by-numbers effort because each plant faces unique considerations, based on what it’s producing and the resulting safety and power requirements. That means power distribution equipment also needs to be custom designed.

If you haven’t tried to block out the peak pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 from your mind, you might remember the ways the work- and learn-from-home trends helped drive home renovation projects during that period.

Some facilities are changing their requirements for motor and appliance installations. This could be due to OSHA Lock-out and Tag-out requirements or NFPA 70E. The change is toward using pin and sleeve devices instead of having a hard-wired installation.

Safety requirements often have the maintenance person checking for the absence of voltage before touching. The rules are quite specific and are enforced by OSHA.