The 2002 NEC implemented new requirements to help reduce the number of electrical fires caused by parallel arc faults in branch circuit wiring. All branch circuits ...

Germany's Fraunhofer ISE announced it published a new international test standard for inverters that incorporate arc fault detection devices. The research institute said the new IEC 63027 standard ...

The new IEC standard 63027 will eliminate some of the weaknesses of the old UL 1699B standard, which did not simulate real operation sufficiently. Image: Fraunhofer ISE German research body Fraunhofer ...

High-speed video footage taken by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories shows a high-energy arcing fault vaporizing a steel panel of power plant equipment, providing data that could help keep ...

In the not-so-distant past, electrical workers routinely racked out breakers in the normal course of their jobs. They did this with little concern or knowledge of the hazards to which they were ...