Homeowners without electricity should use caution, with the likelihood their power could be restored soon, fire officials said. The threat of fire exists with appliances, water, lighting and heating ...

Nobody looks forward to a power outage. After all, we rely on electricity to power appliances. And when there is a blackout, the situation can move from a minor to a stressful one quite easily. That ...

Management and maintenance personnel at power generating facilities face the same challenges operating their plant’s electrical distribution system as other large industrial plants-shrinking resources ...

The transformation of the power landscape involves more than just generation. The distribution of electricity is being changed as well, with technology designed to make electrical systems safer, more ...

During a routine generator test at a hospital, the results revealed the need to reset the hospital’s molded-case circuit breakers (MCCBs) to the correct value per a coordination study. One of the ...

This week the world’s first and only digital circuit breaker was certified for commercial use. The technology, invented by Atom Power, has been listed by Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the global ...

Split-bus electrical panels are different from other electrical panels because they don't have a single circuit breaker to shut off all of the power. These panels usually have several circuit breakers ...

Modern power circuit breakers are designed using arc extinguishing technology. Since power circuit breakers provide such a vital function in protecting the electrical system, as well as reducing or ...

The demand for reliable power systems in critical facilities continues to increase, putting pressure on engineers to design reliable systems within project budgets that are often decreasing. This ...