This change raises the stakes. Facilities can no longer treat electrical maintenance as a “check-the-box” exercise. Instead, they must adopt proactive strategies that go beyond the letter of the code, ...

Homeowners who are comfortable swapping outlets or adding a new light often discover the hard way that the rules have shifted ...

Hiring an electrician to perform electrical work in your home isn’t just about saving yourself a bit of manual labor. Home fire safety is one of the most crucial components of the electrical building ...

You might think that quick fix looks harmless. Maybe you've walked past it a hundred times without a second thought. That ...

In a market of hundreds of millions of installations, a mandatory standardization of SKYX's ceiling outlet platform, should it occur, would enable a robust, safer plug and play ceiling installation of ...

After spending all my professional career in the electrical industry, 25 of which were in the electrical contracting side of the business, I have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly side of ...

In its simplest (and perhaps least effective) form, lockout/tagout (LOTO) consists of three steps: Identify the breaker (or fuse) that supplies power to your equipment. Open the breaker. Hang your ...

The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has adopted the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC), as its latest effort to enhance electrical safety statewide. According to the ...

This safety procedure provides guidelines for safely working around electrical hazards. It includes provisions for training, lockout requirements, and specific types of work practices and the required ...

Just about every product and machine we come in contact with uses electricity. To keep us safe, almost all of them have built-in safety features, especially those on the factory floor. Technicians, ...

Consumer electronics are part of every person's day-to-day life, from smartphones and wearables to appliances and home ...