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2024 CE Code Training - Better Understanding of the Rules

CE Code training is intended to do a lot more than instruct about what changes have taken place since the last time Canada issued a national electrical code. We are producing a series of courses across Canada by one of Canada’s leading experts on the 2024 Edition of Canada’s Electrical Code to help electrical professionals on the effective application through an improved understanding of the intent of the rules. Also, our course will instruct electrical...

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Introducing Intelligent Power Today

Welcome to Intelligent Power Today Magazine, our publication that explores and explains the who, what, where, when, why and how of intelligent electrical devices, a collection of complex mechanical devices and sophisticated control systems used in industrial, commercial, and institutional...

Counterfeiting Kills

Each year, the counterfeiting of well-known brands and products continues to rise, creating an even more threatening problem. Such well-known counterfeited brands, including consumer safety and critical electrical products, are estimated to be five to seven percent of world trade. The International...

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Protection Schemes for Commercial and Industrial Facilities

The strategies and recommended practices that apply to protection schemes for commercial and industrial facilities have evolved in the past decade. It is important that facilities managers and protection practitioners understand and embrace these developments.

The key challenges arise from the new reliance on information technology (IT) to accomplish virtually every commercial/industrial (C/I) process. Protection schemes today must cover equipment and facility safety, electrical system protection, the integrity of semiconductor-based controls and sensors and, most importantly, the safety of the end user.

The success of a protection system is measured by how precise, reliable, coordinated and fast it does its job. The failure of these systems typically is measured in the capital cost of replacing damaged equipment and the loss of productivity when damage brings a facility’s processes to a halt.

In existing facilities or designs for new ones, the recommended practice is to take a...

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