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Mind the Gap: Air-Sealing Options for Exterior Wall Outlets

Allied Moulded Products, Inc.

Mind the Gap: Air-Sealing Options for Exterior Wall Outlets

Residential energy use today accounts for about 20% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions – though this figure varies widely by region and income level. Certainly, getting more of our energy from renewable resources can help reduce those emissions, but we also need to limit overall energy demand in order to meet the emissions cuts necessary to blunt climate change’s worst effects.
Install 3-way Lighting Control Without Needing Traveler Wires

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

Install 3-way Lighting Control Without Needing Traveler Wires

I’ll bet this has happened to you. You’re elbows deep in a wiring project, or lost in a trance-like state, figuring out a major troubleshooting problem.

Suddenly, a tap on the shoulder and a quiet “excuse me” interrupts you, sending a jolt right down your spine.
Know the Devices That Do – and Don’t – Meet NEC’s New Surge Protection Requirements

Mersen

Know the Devices That Do – and Don’t – Meet NEC’s New Surge Protection Requirements

Whole-home surge protection has become a much bigger issue for residential electrical contractors in the last year as local authorities have begun adopting the 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC).
Arlington’s 2450ST Snap-Tite® Transition Fitting Saves Time
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Simple Strategies to Reduce Energy

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.

Simple Strategies to Reduce Energy

In new construction, sustainable building practices are becoming the norm. But even in existing buildings, simple strategies can be implemented quickly and easily to address inefficiencies, reduce energy use, improve comfort, and enhance productivity in the space.
Less Work to Meet Safety Requirements

Legrand/Pass & Seymour

Less Work to Meet Safety Requirements

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.
Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) – No Battery, Maintenance-Free

Panduit Corp

Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) – No Battery, Maintenance-Free

The Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) uses 24VDC input/output to provide 35W of power and 5 to 15 minutes Hold Time and is designed for critical networking and control applications such as industrial managed switches and human machine interfaces (HMI’s). The Industrial UPS uses Ultracapacitors instead of batteries, eliminating the #1 cause of conventional UPS failures, which lowers the risk of downtime - and there’s no need for costly and time consuming maintenance.
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