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Tamper-Resistant Receptacle Requirements in 2008 NEC Adopted in 29 States
SAE Should Adopt Trinational Cable Tie Requirements
Investigators call Soldier’s electrocution “negligent homicide”
Nanotech Start-ups: Can Other People Build It?
Of Clocks and Teakettles...
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Tamper-Resistant Receptacle Requirements in 2008 NEC Adopted in 29 States
With 30 states having completed adoption processes for the 2008 National Electrical Code® (NEC), support for section 406.11, which requires tamper-resistant receptacles to be installed in new homes, has been overwhelmingly positive. Twenty-nine of the 30 states have adopted the 2008 NEC with the...
Published
Wed, Aug 08 2009 10:20 AM
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Moldoveanu, Andrei
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2008 NEC
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Indiana
SAE Should Adopt Trinational Cable Tie Requirements
The SAE AE-8C2 Committee , which is responsible for maintaining SAE AS 23190, Straps, clamps and mounting hardware: Plastic and metal for cable harness tying and support , should strongly consider adoption of the trinational cable tie requirements in the soon-to-be-approved North American adoption of...
Published
Tue, Jun 06 2009 11:42 AM
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leibowitzm
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Safety and Standardization
Investigators call Soldier’s electrocution “negligent homicide”
The death of a soldier electrocuted while showering at a military facility in Iraq a year ago may be changed from accidental death to negligent homicide. Army criminal investigators say that KBR, the largest US contractor in Iraq, may have failed to have qualified electricians and plumbers undertaking...
Published
Mon, Jan 01 2009 8:33 AM
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Winstanley, Gerard
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Standardization
Nanotech Start-ups: Can Other People Build It?
I read an excellent article from the October 3, 2008 edition of the N.Y. Times Magazine about the world of budding renewable energy companies and the role and function of venture capital companies in supporting them in their efforts to commercialize products. The article provided four basic questions...
Published
Thu, Oct 10 2008 10:57 AM
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leibowitzm
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wind
Of Clocks and Teakettles...
Last week Cosmologist Stephen Hawkins unveiled the spectacular new Corpus Christi clock at Cambridge University. The clock has no hands but uses rotating rings and flashing blue LED lights to indicate the time. The mechanism is entirely mechanical and the fantastical insect or Chronophage (time eater...
Published
Wed, Oct 10 2008 3:03 PM
by
Winstanley, Gerard
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Safety and Standardization
IEEE Standards Board Approves Project to Develop Copycat Standard?
From the "What could they have been thinking?" desk. On December 7, 2005, the IEEE Standards Board approved a Project Approval Request (PAR) for a new project to develop a standard for "Ground Rod Electrode, Clamp & Coupling Specification" ( http://standards.ieee.org/board/nes...
Published
Tue, Sep 09 2008 2:14 PM
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baclawskiv
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Safety and Standardization
VAP on Parade
Once again, as is done every two years, hundreds of hours of valuable time have been expended to solicit, respond, collate, and distribute a report on the status of the adoption of IEC standards by the 21 member economies of APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. Everyone in the private sector...
Published
Thu, Aug 08 2008 9:07 AM
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Eckhart, Eugene
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Electrical Safety
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Safety and Standardization
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 07 2008 12:21 PM
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leibowitzm
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Electrical Safety
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Safety and Standardization
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 07 2008 10:52 AM
by
Orr, Paul
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Safety and Standardization
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