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Apparatus testing in poor and/or extreme weather conditions presents several challenges – access to equipment, safety, and setting up the equipment under test so as to provide useful results.

We just had an arc-flash incident. What can we do to protect our operators?

Just like people, electrical assets age and deteriorate; and as with human medicine, there have been tremendous advances in recent years in the ability to diagnose in the early stages ailments suff

Engineering advancements throughout the 20th century enabled tremendous benefits to modern society and our way of life.

CSA M421 is the Canadian mining electrical installation standard and Jarret Solberg (NETA Level 4, Magna Electric Corporation, Regina) has been the representative throughout the latest revision cyc

One of the most critical devices on any electricity network is the circuit breaker which can be described as the silent sentinel, standing guard over the network and only being called into action when

Each year NET A’s P resident is given the difficult task of selecting one of NET A’s many volunteers as the recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award.

Do you know what to do around overhead power lines? What if one falls to the ground? What if one falls across your car? Do you know what step potential is?

Many companies don’t maintain their switchgear in the manner they should which can lead to problems and safety issues.

In 2012 NETA celebrates 40 years of service to the electrical systems industry - Establishing industry standards and delivering leading-edge technical information and educational resources based on re

Soil resistivity is the property that defines the ability of soil to conduct current and hence whether a given soil type can be expected to provide a good or a poor ground (high or low resistance).

When 10.5 percent of electrical equipment doesn’t operate, it is not hard to understand why it is widely touted that electrical maintenance of power distribution equipment is paramount to worker

Electromechanical overcurrent relays such as the IAC and CO are the historical backbone of power system protection.

Much of the power system equipment in use today is nearing or has passed its predicted operating life, and we are pushing equipment to increasingly higher levels to meet demands.

The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 provided federal loans for installation of electrical distribution systems to serve rural areas of the United States.

I challenge you to do this – go to work and look for a way to get hurt today. Really. Look for a way to hurt yourself. Don’t ignore anything.

Many older installations of metal-clad switchgear are candidates for modernizing or upgrading.

In keeping with NETA’s branding initiative, the covers of all three ANSI/NETA Standards have undergone revision and all future editions will reflect the new cover designs.

Many NETA-accredited companies (NAC) were represented at the recent IEEE IAS Electrical Safety Workshop (ESW) conference held on January 24-28, 2011, in Toronto, Ontario.

With any hazard there is a definable risk and a definable impact and it is no different for the arc-flash hazard.