To update you on the development of our 1 Line Diagram, we've put together a video for a glimpse of our new application. PowerCalc's incredible graphic 1 Line is automatically and simultaneously generated with each input throughout the design of the power distribution system.

We return to our series on the anatomy of a conductor to discuss the basic factors considered by the electrical professional in sizing the conductor. Anatomy of a Conductor Part 1

To take you behind the scenes at PowerCalc, we’re putting together a mini series about our people and all the things we do.

To take you behind the scenes at PowerCalc, we’re putting together a mini series about our people and all the things they do.

A while ago, we started a discussion on the conductor. It seems like a relevant topic to re-consider in a multi-part series.

In analyzing the power distribution system in a building, the electrical engineer and designer can think of the panelboard as the heart, the conductor as the veins and arteries, and the electrical power as the blood. Continuing this analogy, the important characteristics of the conductor include whether it is fat or skinny, thickly or thinly dressed in insulation, and multicolored or monochromatic for phase and ground/neutral conductors respectively.

Take a trip to beautiful Orange Beach, Alabama over Memorial Day Weekend to join the Engineering Societies of Alabama and Mississippi for their summer convention (May 26 – 28).

To understand the National Electrical Code (NEC), one must be aware of the electrical engineering fundamentals. Let’s start with the circuit.

Not correctly calculating the Total Electrical Load compromises the electrical design of the Power Distribution System in a facility. Here are a few horror stories illustrating this point.

Welcome back to our conversation about the NEC. Let’s talk about a common problem in electrical engineering…the miscalculation of the Total Electrical Load results in the miscalculation of the Electrical Service for a facility.

Welcome to our 1 st blog on the NEC.  We’re going to make the NEC easy, discussing its 1200+ page handbook one calculation at a time.