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Electric
News
Follow 80% Rule When Sizing
Circuit
Breakers
Although circuit breakers are
designed to carry 100% of rated current,
temperature plays a big role in trip response,
which is why the NFPA standard ratings recommends
specifying circuit breakers at 80% of the load.
Learn about other factors that can move this
recommended level up or down...Read More
Arc Flash Calculations and
Protective Device Maintenance
Voltage, age,
and proximity to protective relays can affect
circuit breaker fault condition responses, which
impact arc flash hazard calculations. Learn more
about safely maintaining protective devices by
reading this white paper from from PEARL training
partner, AVO Training Institute, Inc...Read More
How to Leverage Social Media Sites
for Your Electrical Business
At PEARL
headquarters, we're debating how to use new social
media services to spread the word about how
reconditioning is the finest form of recycling.
You're business could benefit from social networks
too. Read this article to get the basics of social
networking and how electrical retailers are using
them to cheaply promote specials and grow customer
relationships...Read More
PEARL's Shermco Industries Talks
Electrical Safety at PCIC
Jim White,
training director for Shermco Industries, a
fully-certified PEARL member, recently presented
'Why I need to know what is in NFPA 70E - 2009:
Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace'
at the 56th annual PCIC Technical Conference held
in Anaheim, Calif...Read More
Housing, Public Works To Lift
Electrical Market in 2010
A recent report
on the construction market outlook for next year
expects that commercial building will drop by 4%
after dropping 43% in 2009; manufacturing will
drop by 14%; but public works construction will
increase by 14% and single family housing will go
up by 32%. If you want to check out a related
Webinar on the 2010 Electrical Market, check out
this on Electrical Wholesaling archived
Webinar...Read
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PEARL Breaking
News!
Safe Reconditioned Electrical
Equipment Just a Click Away with PEARL
Link
Looking for a hard to find transformer
replacement? Need that motor control faster than
the six-week lead time from the OEM? The
Professional Electrical Apparatus Recyclers League
(PEARL), a standards-developing group for
reconditioning electrical gear with more than 50
corporate members, has added PEARL Link to its
website, www.pearl1.org. Now with just one click,
customers or sellers can send a RFQ to all of
PEARL's certified membership. This service is free
to the public...Read
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How To Recondition LV Panels,
Switches, MCCs and Associated Gear
Section
1300 of PEARL's Reconditioning Standards covers
several low-voltage devices, including circuit
breaker panelboards, switchboards and switchgear,
and motor control centers. Although these devices
are different in function, the inspection,
reconditioning, and testing of all of these
devices have enough in common that PEARL believes
it appropriate to group them together under
section 1300...Read
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Tech
Talk: Answer the Challenge for Chance to Win a 4GB
IPOD!!
Can you identify these
parts? Here's a hint, they all work
together in a single unit. We'll draw a winner
from all correct entries received in November...Enter Contest
CONGRATULATIONS
to Dave Fitzpatrick, of Whitby Hydro Energy
Services Corporation, out of Whitby, Ontario,
Canada, for winning October's Tech Talk
Challenge!
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Did You
Know?
Reconditioning Is The Finest Form of
Recycling
It doesn't require energy to
resmelt and mold recycled materials to their original
state, or the energy used to manufacturer the final
product. Reconditioning relies on skilled labor, saves
money, saves the environment, and saves jobs.
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