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Human Performance in Electrical Safety: Where the Rubber Hits the Road

Electrical workers, supervisors, and managers are instinctively aware that getting to the root cause of electrical incidents involving the safety of their people and/or the integrity of their equipment requires ...

VLF Tan Delta Cable Testing: Is It Right for Your Company?

To explain VLF tan delta, we must first explain the reason it was developed and how the concept and equipment used to perform this test came about. Tan delta is ...

Categorizing Faults in Power Transformers via Dissolved Gas Analysis

While the chemistry behind dissolved gas analysis (DGA) is complex and important for industry chemists to understand, the typical DGA review need not be as complex. Thermal or hot metal ...

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 James R. White

Shermco Industries

Tech Quiz
NFPA 70E and NETA

Low-Voltage Circuit Breakers

Looking at NFPA 70E 2021: Part 2

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Jeffrey Jowett

Megger Tech Tips

Application of Crushed Rock in Substations

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Scott Blizard
President's Desk

American Electrical Testing Company LLC

NETA President

PowerTest 2021 — An All-New Virtual Experience

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Ron Widup
Shermco Industries NFPA 70E and NETA

Looking at NFPA 70E 2021: Part 2

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Don A. Genutis

Halco Testing Services, Inc.

In the Field

Animal Damage in the Field

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Steven Turner

Arizona Public Service Company

Relay Column

Measuring Field Winding Insulation Resistance

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Paul Chamberlain
Asplundh Engineering Services, LLC Safety Corner

Portable and Mobile Ladder Safety

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    Industry Topics


    Improved Safety Method for Measuring Dead Tank Circuit Breaker Operation Time

    Safety in high-voltage substations is the highest priority for all personnel involved, and regulations and laws require all objects to be grounded on both sides before any maintenance work is performed. Failure to ground the circuit breaker (CB) on both ...

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    NETA Outstanding Achievement Award: Chasen Tedder: Technical Excellence and Character

    “Each year, NETA selects a dedicated volunteer who has served on multiple NETA committees and is a champion in the ...

    Specs & Standards


    NFPA 70B Committee Report

    The NFPA 70B committee has continued to meet every two weeks via conference and video calls. We are working on revamping chapters to make it into a standard, and while progress is sometimes slow, we appear to be on track ...

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