Author: Peter Vandenheuvel
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Artificial intelligence: The opportunity that keeps on giving
As the technology world grows by the day, it’s relying more and more on the electrical industry to power it. Peter Vandenheuvel looks at what opportunities ... -
Making apprentices managers
A strong electrotechnology industry is essential to achieving optimistic renewable energy targets set out by state and federal governments. Peter Vandenheuvel looks at how the industry ... -
Single points of failure: Are they your new business opportunity?
Some recent, and no-so-recent, bad news stories could be the basis of an electrical business opportunity. Peter Vandenheuvel looks at how enterprising electrical businesses might be ... -
A tale of two switchboards
The recently published Amendment 3 to the Wiring Rules deals in the main with switchboards and there are plans to revise our switchboard standard in the ... -
Are you getting the most out of AS/NZS 3008 Selection of Cables?
With a new revision to AS/NZS 3008 just around the corner, Peter Vandenheuvel recommends now as the best time for electricians to brush up on how ... -
Batteries: Limiting lithium lawsuits
Following on from the article on ‘Batteryfication’ a previous edition, Peter Vandenheuvel believes now is the time for a broad-brush overview of some of the hazards ... -
Maxing ‘batteryfication’: Can this be your eureka moment?
With the increasing use of stationary batteries in residential, small commercial and light industrial situations, Peter Vandenheuvel believes now is the right time for the more ... -
Switchboards: The new vs old conundrum
AS/NZS 61439 is in full effect and the switchboard and electrotechnology industry is fine-tuning their practices. Peter Vandenheuvel looks at what has gone well and what ... -
Risks can be catastrophic or insignificant, you choose
Risks are everywhere in the workplace, especially in the electrical industry. Peter Vandenheuvel writes about everything you need to be conscious of. Risks, they are everywhere. ... -
Edison and Tesla – Were they both right?
It’s the age-old question, Tesla or Edison? Peter Vandenheuvel writes about what the two did for the electrical industry and whether the future is AC or ...
