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Sizing Overload Protection for Motors
All electrical circuits and equipment need to be protected from overloads, short-circuits and ground-faults. With a lot of circuits the…
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Electrical Splices – Where Should You Splice?
One of the many tough decisions electricians have to make is where and when they can make an ‘electrical splice’.…
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Overload Protection for Motors
All electrical circuits and equipment need to be protected from overloads, short-circuits and ground-faults. With a lot of circuits this…
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MINIMUM CIRCUIT AMPACITY (MCA) vs MAXIMUM OVERCURRENT PROTECTION (MOCP)
Oftentimes in the field of electrical construction, we rely on others to provide information in order for us to properly…
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Should Romex Be Stapled Neatly? DOES IT MATTER??
We, electricians, hear about this phrase “do all electrical work in a workman-like manner” from the NEC, so here are…
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Sizing Equipment Grounding Conductors for Voltage Drop
The equipment grounding conductor or EGC is an important part of the electrical system. The goal of the EGC is…
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Sizing Transformer Primary and Secondary Conductors
Sizing transformer Primary and Secondary conductors can be an import concept to understand when working with transformers in general. There…
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All About MC Cable
Most of us are familiar with metal-clad cable, more commonly known as MC, or UL 1569. Today, we are going…
Read More » All About Fire Pumps
n most new buildings being built today, building codes will require a fire protection sprinkler system to be installed throughout…
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Sizing Short-Circuit & Ground-Fault for Motors
Electrical contractors tend to have fewer insurance claims compared with other contractors. This is because every circuit that an electrician…
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