Guide to the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I — Instalment 51
Annex J20 is optionally permitted for use in additions, modifications, renovations or operation and maintenance of existing facilities that employ the Division system of classification.
Ouellet Electric Heating: A Local Company with Global Aspiration
Ouellet Electric Heating began humbly in 1960 with Charles-Emile Ouellet, who started manufacturing residential hot-air heating equipment out of his L’Islet home workshop.
Pay by Experience Level for Project Manager
As you can see by this graph, pay by experience level for project managers directly correlates with experience with respect to average pay.
Weighing Your Options for Simple Motor Control
When a person looks at how everything has changed over time, it is amazing. Some things have changed for convenience, some out of necessity. Sometimes for both reasons. In the case of motor starting, it is both.
How to Upsell Without Turning Off Your Customer
If you and your employees aren’t trained on effective ways to upsell, chances are you either offend customers by being too pushy, or leave money on the table that customers would have willingly spent with you. Either option is costly.
Why Is the Warranty Claim Limited to “Yes” or “No” Instead of the Number of Years?
Rather than provide the warranty period in years, the LED Lighting Facts label will only state if a warranty is available to provide a more consistent comparison across products and manufacturers. For example, two products with 5-year warranties may in reality be quite different because of different components covered or other warranty terms that are inconsistent.
COREngineering Programmer and Electrician, Justin Harris on his Pathway to Success
Justin Harris is a Programmer/Electrician for COREngineering, a New Brunswick based mechanical engineering firm that specializes in the design of custom equipment.
Years of Experience for Mechanical Engineers
Experience level by percentage for mechanical engineers shows that the majority of mechanical engineers are in the early phase of the career, which may bode well for the future of the industry with respect to employment trends.
Report Highlights Employing Polycarbonate Components to Design Sustainable Luminaires
Electronic waste is a huge issue, with Statista estimating nearly 50 million metric tons were generated globally last year alone.* Some of the materials traditionally used in LED lamp and luminaire components contribute to e-waste, and the industry is seeking more sustainable material alternatives.
Future Pathways: A Look at Four Scenarios
The electrification topic is vast and covers a wide range of possibilities. Industry partners came together at the Electri-fyi Summit for an exploratory discussion about four distinctly different paths for the future of electrification in Canada, developed by the Canadian Electricity Association’s National Emerging Issues Committee.
Canada’s Clean Energy Sector Is Big, Growing Fast — and Largely Unknown
Canada’s clean energy sector employed 298,000 Canadians as of 2017. What’s more, it’s growing in value by 4.8% every year — a third faster than Canada’s economy as a whole (3.6%).
How Businesses Can Benefit from Electric Vehicles
Horse-drawn carriages as we know them were the primary method of transportation for centuries. Yet, it took eight years for cars to outnumber horses [2] and just 13 for the automobile revolution to be complete.
Years of Experience for Lighting Designers by Percentage
This graph shows years of experience for lighting designers by percentage. Of those surveyed, only 24% have more than 10 years of experience.
Why Isn’t There an Option to Claim Lumen Maintenance Values at Times Longer than 25,000 Hours?
In developing this new metric, LED Lighting Facts and the DOE SSL Reliability and Lifetime Working Group worked to avoid the implication that long lumen maintenance times translated directly to long lifetimes of the complete lamp or luminaire.
Do You See Killer Spiders Around Every Corner?
In the early 1980s, the Canadian economy took a hard kick to the stomach. Interest rates were sky high, jobs were hard to come by and regular families were losing their homes. It sucked.
Addressing Machine And System Operational Risks In The Safety Lifecycle
In manufacturing, it is not enough to say that the operation of machines and systems is critical to the creation of the end product. “Operation” is only one part of the equation. Efficient production of end products depends on the correct operation of machines and systems in all scenarios.
