Editorial: What Do I Get for My Money?
by Thomas E. Trainor, IAEI International President
At the annual Section Meetings this year, you will be asked to support an increase in membership dues. As a long-term member of IAEI, I know that the first response of some will be: "What do I get for my money?"
Canadian
Code: Substation Grounding
by Leslie
Stoch
Not long ago I wrote an article on
substation grounding for Electrical Business that raised the issue of whether one should interconnect the building reinforcing steel with the station ground electrode. A reader responded with the question of whether the best approach might be to ignore the rebar bonding.
Other
Code: Overhead Line Design from Scratch—Part 4
by David
C. Young, PE
In Part 3 (July/August issue) we determined the height of our structures and the strength of our structures and foundations to comply with the National Electrical Safety Code® (NESC®). The last step in the design of a high-voltage overhead line up to 50 kV to comply with the NESC is to design the guying.
UL
Question Corner
by Underwriters
Laboratories
The
“UL Question Corner” answers questions of general interest that
are sent in from authorized government inspectors and we believe will
have interest for many inspectors.
A
Closer Look: What is a Power Panelboard (and why should you know?)
by Anthony Montuori, CMP-9
As will be clear in the 1999 NEC, a power panelboard is any panelboard that is not a lighting and appliance branch-circuit panelboard. |
