Late on a Sunday afternoon the Kern County Fire Department responded to a call at a store on Rosedale Highway in Bakersfield, California. Crews found that a row of solar panels on the roof had caught fire. Some of the panels were still live when the crew arrived, so the fire crew had to take extra precautions until electrical power could be disconnected.
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The safety of you and your team is the result of the choices you make every day. Staying informed when selecting test tools, protective equipment and safety procedures enables you to make the right decisions.
Fluke test tools are dropped, shocked, short-circuited, injected with thousands of volts of electricity and forced to endure extreme temperatures before they land in your toolbox. Our commitment to quality ensures your Fluke tool meets the highest standard of safety.
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Knowing what personal protective equipment (PPE) to wear helps keep workers heading home safely after each day on a job site. Read the article to learn how to set up a PPE plan that meets NFPA 70E guidelines and make sure everyone is wearing the proper safety gear for their situation.
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To meet the demands of today’s high-energy, high-hazard workplace, Fluke continues to improve our test tools to make them safer and more reliable. Read on to learn about our testing protocol.
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Anyone who makes their living by working with electricity quickly develops a healthy respect for anything with even a remote chance of being "live." Yet the pressures of the getting a job done on time or getting a mission-critical piece of equipment back on line can result in carelessness and uncharacteristic mistakes by even the most seasoned electrician.
Curb explosive potential with intrinsically safe tools. For those who work in industries where flammable materials are present—such as petrochemical and pharmaceutical plants, oil platforms, refineries, pipelines, and mining—the potential for an explosion is a daily reality. All it takes is a flammable material coming into contact with air and an ignition source.
- Mixing higher voltage 480-volt three-phase cables in the same cabinet as lower voltage 24- or 120-volt control wiring and communication cabling can result in erratic operation or even complete failure of electronic equipment inside the cabinet. Knowing what is inside the cabinet before you open it, the specific wiring issues to look for once inside, what values to measure, and simple ways to correct problems can help alleviate many erratic and sometimes "mysterious" control and communication issues on the plant floor.
- Prevent electrocution with electrical PPE requirements and learn the four types of PPE for electrical work.
To meet the demands of today’s high-energy, high-hazard workplace, quality manufacturers like Fluke continue to improve their test instruments to make them safer and more reliable.Avoiding incidents and investigations through prevention and protection
Insulated electrical tools are critical for electrical safety.
The arc flash boundary is the minimum “safe” distance from exposed energized conductors or circuit parts that has the potential for an arc flash. The required arc-rated clothing and PPE increases rapidly as a worker approaches the potential source of an arc flashIEC Category Ratings: Use the Right Tools for the Job.As with appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), using the proper tools for the job can help keep electrical workers safe.
Working on live circuits is probably most electricians' least favorite task. But sometimes it's the only way to get the job done.
Limiting workers’ exposure to electrical hazards like arc flash or electrocution is a solid foundation for any electrical safety program. Combine that mindset with the right non-contact tools and more electrical workers will be kept out of harm’s way.
The effective date of the latest version (the 2011 edition) of NFPA 70: National Electric Code” (NEC) was August 25, 2010. It was published in September 2010.
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Placing electrical equipment or systems in an electrically-safe work condition might seem simple, but there are several factors to consider.
Out on the job site, concrete finishers stand ready to shape wet ready-mix into a new stretch of highway. Mixer trucks are lined up at the concrete batch plant,waiting to take on their loads. But hold on—an electrical problem has shut down the plant. It's time to call Keithly Electric.
Inductive heating, which typically occurs when phase conductors are routed around metal mounting channels, supports, or braces, can cause catastrophic and deadly failures in electrical distribution and control equipment.
Electrical safety requirements for using digital multimeters per OSHA and NFPA 70E
Thresholds between solenoid-based testers and electronic testers are markedly different and carry consequences for safety and convenience.
The North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) offers certifications and certificate programs geared toward renewable energy professionals throughout North America, including a certification program for solar electric installers.
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Understand the real dangers of arc flash, how to protect yourself from it and the standards for protection. Learn how to visually inspect your equipment and test your leads and probes.
Avoiding arc flash hazard at an asphalt plant where safety is a top expectation, with the use of Fluke wireless tools.
Isolating circuits and equipment require a thorough risk assessment—these tips are a good starting point. Free downloadable visual guide suggests 12 steps for isolating circuits.
Watch Fluke electrical safety videos. Avoid dangerous arc flash explosion accidents and other deadly industrial electrical shock hazards. Select the right PPE, design and test standards, NPFA PPE table method.
Arc flash vs arc blast. When an arc fault occurs, the result is a massive electrical explosion. The light and heat emitted by the explosion is known as the arc flash, and the pressure wave is known as the arc blast.
