According to the National Fire Protection Association and the National Fire Incident Reporting System data, the five-year period from 1994 to 1998 averaged 73,500 annual electrical fires that were ...

April 16, 2010 -- Reclosers were first invented in the 1940s. They utilized oil interruption and oil insulation inside heavy mild steel tanks that contained faults in the event of internal arc faults.

Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) conducted a survey of the utility industry on how to determine energy created during arc flash events. The limited information available focused on selecting arc-rated ...

The comparison figure between no arc-fault state and arc-fault state under various type of loads, ranging from 30 W–60 W. An arc fault is an electrical discharge between two conductors due to poor ...

Have you ever wondered how disastrous an internal arc fault in low- or medium-voltage switchgear (e.g. in not internal arc classified / arc resistant switchgear) can be? An internal arc fault is rare, ...