After having consultants crawl all over the place, asking questions and gathering mounds of data, the arc flash study for your facility is finally done. Now the big question: with endless calculations based on IEEE 1584, IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations, what do the numbers mean? More important, how do you incorporate the results into your electrical safety program? READ MORE
Jim Phillips
Articles by Jim Phillips
January 2013
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“Kill the Circuit.” This phrase is a colorful way of saying de-energize the circuit. Easy enough—just open a switch or other protective device and the circuit is “dead.” It should then be safe to work on, right? Wrong! Simply opening a switch does not guarantee the circuit is de-energized. Really? What could go wrong?
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