January 2008 - Posts
As noted before on this page, many on Capitol Hill are reluctant to vote on the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement, although the arguments in favor of approval far outweigh excuses for inaction or refusal. President Bush made the case in his State of the Union address and Cabinet secretaries are leading delegations of House members to Colombia every...
Ann Arbor, Michigan, recently joined the ranks of the few: North American cities that have started towards a goal of being 100% lit by LEDs in public areas. Ann Arbor joins major cities such as Raleigh, North Carolina, and Toronto, Canada, in seriously engaging with emerging lighting technology to bring energy-saving illumination products to public...
There's an article on Mike Holt's website that points out the shorting problems that have resulted from over-tightening the clamping screws of cable fittings used to secure 12/3 NM-B cable. Some of the responding comments mention over-driving of staples onto NM-B cable as a continuing problem as well. No, these problems are not new, but they...
President Bush's valedictorian State of the Union address last night touched on a myriad of issues -- not unusual for these speeches. NEMA, of course, is delighted with his focus on energy efficiency -- especially his mention of advanced battery technologies to power the cars and trucks of the future. And while he couldn't go into more detail...
More than 80 percent of Daily Reporter poll respondents favor innovative safety device Readers of The Daily Reporter overwhelmingly believe the State of Wisconsin building code should require arc fault circuit interrupters (AFCIs), according to a recent online poll by the building and construction newspaper. An AFCI is an advanced form of a simple circuit...
NEMA ( www.nema.org ) has recently posted its updated Application Guide for Isolated Ground Wiring Devices on its website for free download - www.nema.org/stds/appguide-isoground.cfm . This publication covers wiring devices and accessories intended to help protect sensitive equipment from malfunction due to noise on the equipment grounding path. Devices...
Earlier talks never really got going, but both sides have apparently realized that their last best chance to forge a deal may come following Malaysia's March parliamentary elections while the current U.S. Administration is still in place. A two-way free trade agreement between the two nations would be quite important, but significant differences...
Portable electric generators provide a great source of power. But, if these generators are improperly installed or operated, they can become deadly. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless poison gas. It is an invisible killer. While generators can come in handy after a storm, using one indoors can kill you and your family in minutes. Opening doors...
In less than two years on the job, Federal Reserve Chairman has been forced to deal with two fairly significant market crises. First was last summer’s credit market meltdown fueled by ballooning residential mortgage foreclosures, which forced the Fed into emergency reductions of the discount rate and pumping extra liquidity (i.e. cash) into the system...
Do you want your electric utility to be able to turn off your air conditioner in mid-summer without your consent? After over a year of barreling forward toward requirements for programmable communicating thermostats (PCTs) to be installed in new homes starting next year, the California Energy Commission has decided wisely to step back and take a closer...
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