Although new to the NEC, AFCIs are important for protecting against arc faults. Unsafe arc faults can occur as series or parallel arcs. A series arc can occur when the conductor in series with the ...

Explanation: Section 427.22 requires heat trace cable on pipelines to have ground-fault protection of equipment, not personnel. Lupacchino is a senior design engineer with Gaylor Electric, Inc. in ...

As more and more employers perform arc flash assessments of their facilities to keep workers safe and meet OSHA and NFPA 70E requirements, they usually discover that they have a lot of dangerous ...

The FaultBreak contactor from Sensata Technologies is a high-voltage switching and protection device for electric vehicle power systems that combines contactor and fuse functions in a single component ...

Electrical distribution needs are continuously evolving in residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. Owning to this, the demand for electrical power is on the rise, indicating the probability ...

AREVA Transmission & Distribution has just launched a cost-efficient and user-friendly family of advanced numerical distance and differential protection relays in its MiCOM range AREVA Transmission & ...

“Our FaultBreak contactor represents an important advancement in high voltage protection,” said Markus Schwabe, EVP, Automotive, Sensata Technologies . “It helps our customers build electric vehicles ...