We were adding some new devices in a factory, and when we went to the panel, we found this mess. The panel dripping was dripping with this goo, and the breakers were glued in the ON position. This story has a happy ending: the panel was replaced and relocated.
(Photo courtesy Michael Kelly of The Electrical Department Co.)
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The Ontario Electrical League is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. While at OEL’s 2012 Electrical Industry Conference in Ottawa, we chatted with a few electrical contractors, and OEL’s president Stephen Sell, to find out what professionals get out of membership.
Thanks to Fluke for sending us this video showing one-handed operation of its thermal imagers with IR-Optiflex and IR-Fusion technology... leaving one hand free to battle industrial ninja assassins.
May 8, 2012 - Osram Sylvania SSL’s LED expert, Dr. Makarand ‘Chips’ Chipalkatti discusses LED lighting technology, and how this new paradigm is akin to our transition from gas to electric lighting all those decades ago.