I'm currently working on a job that has had "pop-up" power pillars installed. These are basically a rectangular plate that normally sits flush with the ground...
Strange coincidence, but I was just on the SES website looking at power pillars. They're at www.site-electrics.co.uk Look under "Permanent Switchgear." If you...
... So what were they? (Is it just me, of is the SES website almost devoid of content?) FWIW, since I'm not familiar with 'power lok', I did some web...
I'm up in Bangor for the folk festival, and one of the food vendors showed up looking to plug in their hut. The big plug, for those who are not appliance...
Here in Australia, I have seen a wide variety of ways to wire the Weiland (aka Amphenol C146) 12pin multipin square connector for 10A mains. I was wondering if...
... I've never seen these used for power. The usual multi-circuit power connectors I see are Socapex. ( six circuits, with shared grounds) Since they are...
The mystery connector that had been provided in place of power lock (causing us so much grief) turned out to be a brand called Multi Contact which is primarily...
Hmm - all of this confirmed the suspicion I had that the Weiland/C146/Harting connector is not often used for lighting power multi-pin outside of Australia....
Found another web site. It is talking about grounding grids in electrical substations. But where else would you find out such wonderful information like: ...
... The cables I was wrestling last week were 4/0 copper. This was for an outdoor festival. Same metal, just a different cable jacket material. --Dale...
... I'm not really sure what occy means. All 4/0 copper cable has basically the same resistance/reactance at 60Hz. In the USA, and I'll assume elsewhere, the...
The cabling we use is a different alloy of copper for flexibility and different stranding for flexibility amperage capacity. ... From: "Dale Farmer"...
... Lessee, Carol Cable Super Vu-Tron type w cable (sku 80691) AWG 4/0 stranding 2090/30 is mfg rated at 405a ("per nec table 400-5(b)"). NEC table 400-5(b)...
I'm sure that the folks here have had to run strings of outlets for an event before. Well, for the US users, a new kind of extension cord has just appeared at...
Yea but they are yellow. That would look like hell on a stage. ... -- Richard Bakos President Studio One Inc. 25833 State Road 2 South Bend, In 46619-4736 ...
... Although we hear similar comments about overloading here in Australia, where the four outlet splitter board is available in every supermarket and hardware...
... power consumption is one form of overloading that is what most folks think of when the term is used. The other electrical form is when you have a stack of...
... But think how easy it is for a floor electrician to hook up sconce lights for an entire orchestra or pit band with just a couple of cables. There's no...
... Careful where you use it. Are they hard service cords - e.g., SO series, or just junior hard service - e.g., SJ ? Most locations covered by NEC Article...
Knowledge and the practical application of the National Electrical Code® is an essential part of all electrical installations. If it's important for you to...
I'll keep this list active by posting an interesting thing I discovered yesterday... The majority of recorded electrocutions on fairgrounds are down to a ...
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