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What is Arc flash and how to avoid it
Arc Flash An Arc Flash is an explosive release of energy caused by an electrical short circuit between two energised conductors or an energised conductor and earth. The discharge of ...
Do your electrical work procedures meet legal requirement?
The starting point when either establishing or reviewing electrical safety procedures at work is to identify and interpret the many applicable statutory and regulatory requirements. This is an onerous task, ...
Arc Flash: A Primary Cause Of Electrical Injuries
Arc flash does not appear to be a widely recognised, not to mention a fully understood hazard that leads to electrical injuries among employers in Ireland. It is hardly surprising ...
Arc flash: 10 reasons why you should outsource
There has been a marked increase in businesses and large facilities looking for guidance on arc flash compliance . As knowledge grows around this dangerous and often life threatening electrical ...
Arc Flash everything you need to know
What is Arc Flash? An Arc Flash is an explosive release of energy caused by an electrical short circuit between 2 energised conductors or an energised conductor and earth. The ...
How your energy management programme could be causing poor power quality
The strive for power quality Over the past 10 years there has been a huge drive across industries globally to reduce their consumption of energy. The cost of oil, soaring ...
Power Quality and Harmonics: Causes and Effects
Harmonic Distortion Harmonic Distortion is described as the interference in an AC power signal created by frequency multiples of the sine wave. Total Harmonic Distortion is used as a measure ...
Power Quality surveys are becoming increasingly important
Power Quality is more problematic than ever. This is increasingly the case as modern industrial and data centers use equipment that is both very sensitive to poor power quality and ...
EU Energy Efficiency Directive
What is it? This EU directive (Article 8) is designed to encourage large enterprises to focus on their energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions and multiple benefits of energy efficiency. Are ...
IEEE 1584 2nd Edition Affects Arc Flash Analyses
The revised IEEE 1584 Guide for Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations was published on 30th November 2018, bringing many changes to the method of calculating prospective arc flash incident energy ...
Reducing Arc Flash Incident Energy – Arc Relays
How to reduce the severity of an arc flash relay event by over 80% even in areas of tight protection coordination constraints Arc flash relay levels also known as Incident ...
Lockout Tagout, are you up to date?
Upgrading your energy processes on site? Has it been captured in your LOTO procedures? Controlling Your Hazards – Keeping it up to date is vital! When we take a closer ...