When was the last time you saw a really well-built electrical installation where all of the wires were neatly placed and the cabling was clearly tagged with routing documentation as well as wrapped with cable ties in cable...
The battle is on between the telecom giants to advance their 5G networks. On Monday, T-Mobile US named Nokia to supply it with $3.5 billion in next-generation 5G network gear. Nokia will provide T-Mobile with its complete end...
In June, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the results of a study investigating a group of new LEDs claiming efficacies exceeding 200 lumens per watt (LPW). While all the LEDs performed within 12 percent of their...
Last week, Bloomberg reported that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will move to rescind California's authority to set its own emission standards...
The International Code Council (ICC), the Solar Rating and Certification Corp. (ICC-SRCC) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) have teamed up to release the 2018 International Solar Energy Provisions (ISEP)...
After disbelief, outrage and grief following the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, the nation began to pick up the pieces. One of the discussions...
Living in rural areas has a quiet, slow-paced appeal compared with the hustle and bustle of the city, but the slower-paced life also comes with a unique set of challenges. Not the least of these is the cost of electricity...
Every technology has its own jargon, of course. Some of it we joke about because it’s mostly TLAs—the abbreviation for “three letter abbreviation,” the favorite way tech people have of showing how cool they are. I remember a...
This month, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR is profiling the electrical contractor, so let’s look at a few of the components in an electrical contractor’s safety program.
As they say, the devil is in the details. Knowing the little things that count can help get the job done, and save time and money. Let’s look at some little things that matter for fiber optics.