Electrical engineering Community

Missed something? Here are April main subjects

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:34:57 +0000

In our last two newsletters, we told you about our new project: the PowerFacAging, a tool focused on energy savings. Unfortunately, this PFC calculator didn’t seem to raise your interest. That’s the reason why last month’s debate was about your opinion on its usefulness. Another point: if you’ve been too busy last month to hang around [...]

Which thermal imaging cameras for the electricians?

Laurent — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:36:20 +0000

An attractive tool, the thermal imaging camera is now accessible to all companies. It is for the electrician an ally that accompanies him in his missions. But to take full advantage of thermal imaging, it is required to gain a minimum of knowledge and common sense on some physics considerations, in order to make the right choice [...]

Missed something? Here are March main subjects

admin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:38:17 +0000

This month we will ask you a new question, following last month one about LV fuses. Your answers will help us to have a better global vision and to complete our understanding of the subject. Then we will evoke some topics with no answer in the forum and finally we will introduce a Lebanese member [...]

Bio-electricity: reducing the electromagnetic impact in the tertiary sector

Laurent — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:43:10 +0000

Bio-electricity or electricity bio-compatible begins to be a popular topic in the individual housing sector and interests too some tertiary market project owner’s. Since the 90’s, CEM (electromagnetic compatibility) has been taken into account in standards and regulations. With an exponential growth of the digital applications, a European directive has standardized interactions between “low current” cables [...]

Missed something? Here are February main subjects

admin — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:40:58 +0000

This month we will ask you a question about LV fuses and the applications where you consider they are mandatory. We will also talk about the new version of our forum and evoke some topics with no answer. Moreover, we always look for members that would like to be introduced to the community in the [...]

Missed something? Here are December and January main subjects

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:33:58 +0000

The New Year has begun, so it’s time to review what has happened during those last months and in 2011 in our community. Best wishes for 2012! TOP 3 : Blog articles of the year Here are the 3 most popular articles published on the blog in 2011. We ranked them in terms of traffic [...]

Switchboards : always more added-value

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:44:43 +0000

It is a fact, in the electrical construction sector, a company has no choice but to develop skills to protect its own markets and to avoid falling into a dangerous competitive situation. Meeting with Michel Kajdan, Development Director at Peintamelec (France). Specialized integrator, Peintamelec makes the assembly and the wiring of electrical panels and switchboards. [...]

Missed something? Here are November main subjects

admin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:05:46 +0000

Have you already shared your own calculation tool? And above all, are you ready to share it? This is the debate of the month that you could answer in this article. This month in our community we will introduce Gunther, a member who has written an article about arc flash for the blog some weeks [...]

Schneider Electric sells products with fuses… LOL

FredG — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:04:46 +0000

Switch-fuse disconnector After more than 20 years trying to convince me to use low-voltage circuit breakers everywhere, the sales engineer from Schneider Electric, whom I know very well, approached me about using fuses … I could not believe my ears! I wanted to share my story with you and get your opinion… My name [...]

Missed something? Here are October main subjects.

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:19:12 +0000

In this article we will talk again about the risks of short circuit arc flash evoked in this article, and give you some community news about the creation of a a new sharing area. Then we will mention some forum posts without answer, hoping you could help their authors and maybe find a solution. Finally [...]