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Advocating for NPT Thread Standards

National Pipe Thread Tapered (NPT) dimensions are essential for the proper mating of electrical cables to their threaded connections, most notably in North America, but in a multitude of cable installations around the world as well. As new standard IEC 62444, Cable glands , is developed, it is critical...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2008 12:21 PM by leibowitzm

Filed under: Electrical Safety, Safety and Standardization

So What Was the Deal?

What, you mean I have to re-draft my blog item! Here I had something sublimely despondent already written up about how the current World Trade Organization “mini-ministerial” meeting was proving a waste of time with no one willing to really engage, when word came late Friday that a “breakthrough” had...

Published Mon, Jul 28 2008 9:51 AM by Meakem, John

LEDs: Taking a Bite Out of Energy Consumption

Seems lately every time I open the paper bad news glares at me. Defaults on mortgages. Banks going belly up. Strange food-borne illnesses. Higher food and fuel costs. More problems in the Middle East. Thank goodness for the electrical industry and its non-stop pursuit of greater energy efficient technologies...

Published Tue, Jul 29 2008 12:05 PM by golds

Filed under: Energy Efficiency

The Buzz is Growing About AFCIs

Our CEO Evan Gaddis tells the story about his son who's building a wing onto his house out in Southern California. An inspector was looking over the plans with the contractor, and he asked about Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters -- the special circuit breakers that are being incorporated more and more...

Published Wed, Jul 09 2008 6:03 PM by golds

Filed under: Electrical Safety

NEMA - Working On A Heartbeat

More recently, the appearance of an equipment box with the symbol of a red heart and the letters “AED” are in hallways of schools and office buildings. Do we know what the letters AED stand for? It is an automated external defibrillator…An automated external defibrillator is a device that can be attached...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2008 10:52 AM by Orr, Paul

Filed under: Safety and Standardization

Bernanke’s Trial by Fire, Act III: Picking Your Poison

If he could do it all over again, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke might opt to return to the low-stress occupation of an economics professor . Having already endured the fallout from the subprime mortgage market collapse and the onset of a sluggish economy, the venerable Chairman now has to deal with what...

Published Fri, Jul 18 2008 4:11 PM by Lego, Brian

Filed under: Economy

The NARUC Meetings - Live from Portland

The National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC) is holding its summer meetings this week in Portland, Oregon. These are the state officials that approve electricity rates we all pay, as well as the infrastructure investments utilities can make. Given the heightened attention our nation is...

Published Mon, Jul 21 2008 5:13 PM by Hsieh, Eric

Filed under: NARUC, electricity, demand response

You Can’t Get There From Here

Many people would agree that renewable energy is a good thing. Getting electric utilities to rely less on coal and natural gas to fire plants would reduce one of the biggest sources of CO 2 emissions in the US. There is a problem with this strategy – transmission. As reported recently in the Washington...

Published Mon, Jul 14 2008 10:18 AM by Choinski, Scott

Filed under: Electrical Grid, transmission

New Avalere Health Report Showcases Promising Medical Imaging Policies

The debate surrounding proper use of medical imaging technology continues with a new report that was recently released by Avalere Health. The report highlights emerging initiatives, such as accreditation of medical imaging facilities and the use of appropriateness criteria by healthcare providers as...

Published Mon, Jul 14 2008 3:08 PM by Mo Zilly

Privacy of Patient Genetic Information - A New Frontier

We all know that the advent of more sophisticated diagnostic techniques in modern medicine is helping doctors detect disease at earlier stages, often before it has progressed to a point where a patient’s health is threatened. Through the use of more sophisticated diagnostic imaging and other technological...

Published Wed, Jul 16 2008 9:02 AM by Eaton, Richard

Filed under: medical imaging

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