According to the National Fire Protection Association and the National Fire Incident Reporting System data, the five-year period from 1994 to 1998 averaged 73,500 annual electrical fires that were ...

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE announced it published a new international test standard for inverters that incorporate arc fault detection devices. The research institute said the new IEC 63027 standard ...

Arc fault detection is a critical issue in modern power and photovoltaic (PV) systems owing to the significant safety risks posed by unintended electrical discharges. These faults, occurring when ...

Have you ever wondered how disastrous an internal arc fault in low- or medium-voltage switchgear (e.g. in not internal arc classified / arc resistant switchgear) can be? An internal arc fault is rare, ...

April 16, 2010 -- Reclosers were first invented in the 1940s. They utilized oil interruption and oil insulation inside heavy mild steel tanks that contained faults in the event of internal arc faults.

Arc-fault interrupters (AFIs) are starting to show up in the marketplace and are under consideration within NEC (National Electrical Code) regulations. They are the next big thing in circuit ...

A building requirement aimed at making new homes in Ohio safer from the threat of electrical fires will go into effect a year after originally intended. The new rules, part of the 2008 National ...

The Weekly Fix is a home maintenance column by Home Repair Resource Center, a Cleveland Heights nonprofit that helps homeowners buy, repair and retain their homes. Each week, the center offers a ...

As an alternative to using oil and SF6 gas for insulation or interruption in medium-voltage auto-reclosers, NOJA Power offers an arc-vented, solid-dielectric, SF6-free recloser. The company says its ...