Arc flashes in electric equipment are hazardous to workers and can result in fatalities, costly damage to equipment and delays in production until repairs are made. Arc-flash labels on electrical ...

Managers and business owners who have employees performing electrical work in their facilities most likely have considered having an arc flash analysis performed on their equipment. Typically, a few ...

The dangers of arc flash events in health care are amplified by the possibility for downtime resulting from arc flashes. Downtime in the health care environment is simply not acceptable. In an ...

Every so often, the electrical industry is able to add to our understanding of what makes a safe, well-designed electrical system. This knowledge can have a profound effect on the way we design, ...

The comparison figure between no arc-fault state and arc-fault state under various type of loads, ranging from 30 W–60 W. An arc fault is an electrical discharge between two conductors due to poor ...

Solid-state power controllers (SSPCs) are designed to replace mechanical circuit breakers, which work by tripping when the temperature of their internal sensors reaches a predetermined level (Fig. 1).