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Reducing Arc Flash Risks with Electrical Maintenance Safety Devices

2014-03-06 22:34:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

This paper presents the case for discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of each method for generator grounding. Medium Voltage Generators are not designed to withstand full fault current during a single phase to ground fault. This is the main reason that medium voltage generators are connected to a system with either low or high impedances. There are many methods to ground generators. To find out what these methods are, please download this free whitepaper. read more

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Risk Analysis or Arc Flash Study?

2014-02-13 16:42:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Q. Is it true that a risk analysis can be performed in place of an arc flash study? A. An arc flash study is in fact a “risk analysis” if liberally interpreted using NFPA 70E definitions and OSHA regulatory language. Unfortunately, the term “study” has been misinterpreted and misapplied often. Guest Blog read more

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OSHA Cites Pure Power Technologies After Worker Burned by Electrical Arc Flash at Waukesha Foundry

2014-01-15 23:29:00| Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Pure Power Technologies has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for one willful and seven serious safety violations. read more

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