Electrical Apparatus December 2006
Featured articles  

  • Becoming free of the power grid, p. 17, the December 2006 Electrical Apparatus Utilities  -  When less is more: Knowing the real causes of electrical outages  By Barbara Wolcott, EA Special Correspondent
     
     
     
     
  • International business, p. 21 of the December 2006 Electrical Apparatus International Business -  Electromechanical sales and service go global: Business activity over the past year indicates broadening markets, business consolidation and robust sales  By Kevin Jones, EA Senior Editor
     
     
  • International Business - 2006: a significant year in standards ... Electrical standards development in 2006  By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
  • International Business - The year in automation: A year of incremental changes in industrial electronics technology suggests industry is taking a breather  By David P. Tryling, EA Electronics Editor
  • Online misunderstandings, p. 27 of the December 2006 Electrical Apparatus Education and Training  -  Internet questions (and answers) reveal motor misunderstandings: When open forums become little more than a sharing of ignorance.  With trilingual summary. (Read an online summary ) By Richard L. Nailen, P.E., EA Engineering Editor
     
     
  • Standing while working, p. 34 of the December 2006 Electrical ApparatusSafety and Health  -   Standing while working Standees deliver more if they have happy feet.  By Richard B. Elsberry, EA Contributing Editor
     
     
     
     
  • Accounting  - Funding growth: The lesson is clear. Lean operations ease growing pains. By William H. Wiersema, CPA, EA Contributing Editor

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  • Kenneth and Sue Hall, featured in the December 2006 Electrical ApparatusEditor's Comment  A year important to review and remember ... Understanding the causes of electrical outages ... Readers react to the gun safety article in the November 2006 EA.   
     
     
     
  • Let's Solve Your Problem   How to connect ASD cable shields and ground wires ... Conduit box temperature too high for lead cables? ... How close can running speed be to the critical? ... Infrared scan useful for motor terminal box? ... Motor load doesn't affect fault current contribution ... Can lube oil influence efficiency of a motor? ... Arc-resistant enclosures still a flash hazard? ... What constitutes arc flash exposure?
  • Letters  How long before damage? from Robert D. Barnett, P.E., Byrne Engineering, Inc., Burlington, Ontario  ... More on current transformers, from Jim Milam, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mountain Home, Arkansas ....  Welding of spider arms, from Dale Hamil, President, Illinois Electric Works, Granite City, Illinois …Kind words, from John Ranieri, Ranieri Electric Motor Service, Dafter, Michigan and David Brannon, Swanson Industries, Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Dave Kokehouse wins a Hummer from Cooper Bussman - featured in the December 2006 Electrical Apparatus Business and financial briefs   Baldor buying Reliance for $1.8 billion  ... Second year apprentice Dave Kokehouse wins a Hummer from Cooper Bussman (pictured)… Sonepar USA of Philadelphia, a subsidiary of Sonepar Group, has acquired Friedman Electric Supply Co. … Ferraz Shawmut sponsors arc flash research … New sales reps for American Sensor Technologies of Mount Olive, N.J. ...  Edited by Kevin Jones
  • Associations,  societies and government activities     News of non-profit  government, and other organizations serving the electrical mechanical industries. Edited by the EA staff In this issue  - Electroindustry Business Confidence Index rebounded in October ... Engineering enrollment not keeping up with demand ... Arc flash donations approach $2 million ... new website www.industrialcareerspathway.com  promotes industry employment ... National Association of Electrical Distributors and Manufacturers' Representatives Educational Research Foundation offer Certified Sales Professional training program ... Refrigeration Service Engineers Society elects new officers ... Adhesive and Sealant Council calls for papers for ASC 2007 Spring Convention ... Power Transmission and Distributors Association and Fluid Power Distributors Association will hold joint 2009 conferences
  • The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Mass. Engineering Education     Tuition-free school for well-rounded engineers: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts (pictured, right) ... Engineers examine hurricane aftermath ... Is the United States losing its standards competitiveness? By Josh Hoff  
     
  • Standards briefs Aging nuclear plant motors draw attention ...Preparing product safety information - American National Standards Institute (ANSI)... An updated Blue Book from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) ... Hazardous location standards combined - Underwriters Laboratories ... Infrared thermography to be added by National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) ... Switchgear installation standard adopted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) .. New photovoltaic measurement standards - The International Electrotechnical Commission ... Edited by the Electrical Apparatus staff. 
  • Calendar In every issue and updated on the web. See our Calendar page for current offerings.
  • EA reader at ease  A look back at those profiled this year
  • Laura Prattico of The Eraser Co., Inc., in the December '06 Electrical Apparatus Russell Baker of Columbia Electric Supply, in the December 2006 Electrical Apparatus Bob Garand of Columbia Electric Supply, in the December 2006 Electrical Apparatus Joel Manjarris of Leviton Manufacturing Co., in the December 2006 Electrical Apparatus
  • Names and Faces   Mark Winkeler of P.D. George Co., ... Laura Prattico of The Eraser Company (left) ... Russell Baker (second from left), Bob Garand (second from right) and Chris Silva of Columbia Electric Supply, Inc. ... Joel Manjarris of Leviton Manufacturing Co., (right) ...Mark Tibbetts, Joel Saltzman and Francine Meyer of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association ... ...Edited by the EA Staff
  • Trilingual summary   Internet questions (and answers) reveal motor misunderstandings -- when open forums become little more than a sharing of ignorance (read an online English summary)
  • Cy's Super Service, Motorhead and Generatorhead    Comic strips featuring characters from our favorite cartoonists
  • Direct and Current   Demand for industrial controls is being dampened by slower economic growth ... Sales growth for electrical distributors slowed in the third quarter of 2006 ... U. S. Distributors year-to-date sales rose for period ending in September ... Online help wanted ads increased by 5% in October ... Unwanted inventory is piling up in US warehouses ... By the Editors
  • Classified Advertising   Equipment, jobs, businesses, business opportunities and services.
  • Advertising Index   An easy to use reference to the advertisements in Electrical Apparatus magazine. 

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