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Proper Software Streamlines Tasks
February 2001
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Software is effective for contractors when it saves time and effort, boosts efficiency, or increases accountability. Popular categories include scheduling, project management, specifying, and lighting analysis.

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De-mythizing Specifying of Cable Tray
January 2001
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One of the nicest benefits of a cable tray system is its flexibility. Since a cable tray system is an open one, you don’t have to de-rate cables because of airflow.

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A New Generation of Circuit Analyzers Provides Added Functionality, Safety
December 2000
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Some things are absolute. For instance, when it comes to any circuit running between the main panel in a building and a receptacle, no one wants excessive voltage drop and all the troubles that it could lead to without warning.

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AFCIs Offer New Solutions to an Old Problem
November 2000
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Code Making Panel-2 (CMP-2) recognized the need for arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) protection when it accepted proposals and accompanying substantiation for the 1999 National Electrical Code (NEC).

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Contractors Face Incompatibility Issues in Low-voltage Installations
September 2000
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Prior to the advent of national and international standards, IBM, DEC, Wang, and others created proprietary networking systems.

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Supplemental Electrode—One or Two Required?
August 2000
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Metal underground water pipes have been used as zero reference points or natural electrodes for electrical systems supplying buildings and other structures for many years without problems.

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