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When installing or upgrading any type of photovoltaic (PV) system, you need to make sure that everything is set up and configured properly. This, of course, starts with making sure that the system itself is handled correctly, but you also need to make sure that you have the proper safety requirements in place. This means … Read more
The use of solar panels in both residential and commercial environments is growing quite rapidly. Over the years, these solar photovoltaic systems have been installed on roofs, in open fields, and even over large bodies of water. Along with the growth in popularity of these systems came several important regulatory requirements to help ensure they … Read more
Keeping a facility organized is not something that generally just happens on its own. The team must decide what things go in what places, who is responsible for what actions, and much more. When coming up with a strategy for organizing the workplace, it is important to consider what tools may be needed. There are … Read more
Keeping the workplace organized is going to benefit both the company and the employees in many ways. To successfully keep the workplace organized, however, it will take effort from everyone working together. This is not something that the management team can handle on their own since they must rely on the employees to do their … Read more
When installing a solar PV system, you need to make sure that you have all the key components labeled properly. This will not only help ensure the system is safer to work with, but will also provide important information to anyone performing maintenance on it down the road. As with all electrical systems, there are … Read more
A distribution board is a part of an electrical system that takes electricity from a main source and feeds it through one or more circuits to distribute the electricity throughout a facility. This is often called an electrical panel, panelboard, or even a fuse box. Virtually all homes and businesses will have at least one … Read more
If you have an older electrical panel that is scratched up or otherwise not looking good, you may want to give it a fresh coat of paint. Some facilities will even want to paint their electrical panel to get it to match the walls around it when they are painted a new color. It is … Read more
This is a common question that one would think should have a simple answer, but that is not actually the case. The neutral wire is often said to have zero voltage on it. If you touch that wire on a live system, however, you will often find out very quickly that technically having zero voltage … Read more
This is a very common question, but the answer is not as clear as many people would hope. The amount of voltage it will take to kill a person will vary greatly based on many different factors. For example, it takes very little electricity to kill someone if it is applied directly to the heart. … Read more
Electrical panels represent one of the most important, but also most dangerous, items in any facility. When installed, managed, and labeled properly, they can work for years without problems and cause very little risk to those who work with or around them. If, however, a company fails to label them or does something else that … Read more