Electric Shock and the Human Body A little while ago, I talked about two important components of electricity: voltage and current. Understanding both is key to …
How to Protect Against Ground Faults I've already talked a bit about what grounding is, and what types of grounding are most common. What I haven't …
Equipotential Zones: Keeping you safe during energized work If you are working on high voltage equipment (like power lines), you need to be sure that you are protected …
Three Different Types of Grounding Today I'm going to give you a brief overview of three different types of grounding systems that are important. These …
What is Grounding? What is grounding in an electrical sense? Anyone with a little bit of a background in electronics will tell you …
Getting a Cement Plant Power System Report Completed Cement plants have a cyclical profile where they are producing product before the building cycle, and full out throughout the …
What is CSA Z462? (Plus: 2 Huge Assumptions You Might Be Wrong About) Laws vs. Standards: Who Cares? Last week I talked about how CSA Z462 may not be written law in Canada …
CSA Z462 is not law. But... There is a misconception that I hear every month or so when talking to clients and other engineers, it is …
Importance of Hierarchy of Hazard Mitigation There is a hierarchy of hazard mitigation that many people in the electrical industry don't think about, either because of …
What is Electricity? What is Electricity? Electricity is everywhere: it powers our homes, our transportation, and our entertainment. Electricity is the reason that …
6 Reasons to Have an Electrical Safety Program When I first started researching and writing about electrical safety, I didn't really know what an electrical safety program was …
Electrical Safety Program Wrap Up: Documentation, Evaluation and Corrective Action Now that you've finished with Implementation, you electrical safety program is almost complete. The only things left to do are …
