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Articles in this section are intended to help electrical contractors grow and improve their businesses, from financial and legal advice to creating a service and maintenance department. You’ll find articles on estimating projects and more below. 

Bid listing is a method used in some areas of the country to prevent shopping after the fact. The concept is quite simple.

As electric vehicles (EVs) gain momentum in the race to win over motorists, one thing is still slowing them down: Many would-be owners can’t warm up to the idea of the long charging time. If some analyst projections are correct, slow charging EVs may soon be outdated.

There are numerous types of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) designs on the market, but the most prevalent are line-interactive, double conversion online and multimode.


Double energy production by 2030 is the message that Dan Arvizu, director of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and a blue-ribbon panel of 20 energy experts recently drove home at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

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Testing and Maintaining Ground Fault Protection
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Distribution system capacity continues to increase in commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. Arcing ground faults can seriously damage distribution equipment, causing fires, which damage facilities and endanger personnel. They also cause extended downtime during system repair.

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Value-Added Resellers' Programs
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Technology is sure to change in the data communications industry. And with that change obviously comes new products, solutions, and installation techniques.

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Herbst Electric Builds State-of-the-Art Ceramics Plant
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Lakewood, Ohio-based Advanced Ceramics wanted a seamless transition in its move to a new facility in nearby Strongsville. Who did this $50 million in annual revenues company turn to? Herbst Electric.

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Leviton Trains Contractors to Match Products to Applications
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Because Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Little Neck, N.Y., produces a wide range of electrical and voice/data/video (VDV) wiring products, the company offers various training programs to help electrical and low-voltage contractors match products with applications. Basic programs

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Like a Snowball Rolling Downhill: So Are the Cumulative Effects of Change Orders
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This article addresses the situation when a project is flooded with extra work orders, emergency field orders, and major and minor systems changes.

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Distributed Generation—Power Plants in Every Home?
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The 1978 Public Utility Regulatory Act encouraged on-site generation to use the energy normally wasted in large remote power plants for hot water and steam. Now the idea is emerging again with a new name: distributed generation. It could be the solution to power shortages and rolling blackouts.

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What Exactly Does Blue Tooth Mean to You?
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The realm of electrical contractors has been an ever-evolving one. Long gone are the days when installing electrical systems encompassed most of one’s time. The surge in popularity of data and voice communications created opportunities for electrical contractors.

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