The tell-tale sound, flash of light, flames, and resulting smoke is the ultimate workplace nightmare: an arc flash incident. Something has gone wrong, and people and equipment are in danger. In ...
Arc flash and shock hazards continue to take their toll. According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), five to 10 arc flash incidents occur every day, and more than 2,000 people are ...
Arc flashes are a major concern for solar and battery energy storage system owners and operators alike. Such failures—which produce an explosion of extreme heat, molten shrapnel, and intense light ...
In Episode 15 of “EC&M Asks,” our subject matter expert Tommy Northcott, P.E., a senior power engineer and branch manager for Jacobs Technology, Inc., answers more reader-submitted questions regarding ...
Arc flash incidents are more common in certain low voltage and high voltage equipment than others. Recent incident investigations present an insight that isn’t necessarily in the field of vision of ...
We’re all thinking about power – whether it’s having enough of it, delivering it where it’s needed, or building the right infrastructure to scale faster, denser, and smarter in the age of artificial ...
Two Belmont Light workers were hospitalized Tuesday morning after an arc flash inside a manhole near Belmont High School. The workers were transported to Massachusetts General Hospital to be treated ...
Between 2022 and 2023, Sand Hill Energy Center encountered two serious defects in cabling, one of which resulted in an arc fault. These were surprises and have led the team to consider inspections and ...
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