Features
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Retrofitting – not for the faint-hearted
Every year we find contractors who are unfamiliar with retrofit projects, strewn along the road to the poor house. Brian Seymour looks at it from an ... -
House of the (Earth potential) Rising Run
Power-over-Ethernet or PoE is one of the more exciting electrical technologies today, but the heightened electrical load means Standards must adapt and change. Sean Carroll writes. ... -
Digital QA ticks all the boxes
Historically, worksite quality assurance has been a paper-based, retrospective chore rather than a genuine record of procedural excellence. However, on-site digital QA platforms are changing the ... -
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 ... -
A light-bulb moment for solar
Recent extreme weather events have underscored the need to cut the CO₂ emissions that are driving up global temperatures. This requires a rapid transition of the ... -
EV charging, no strings attached
Lumen Freedom has developed an EV charger that charges motor vehicles wirelessly without the need for plug in cables. Sean Carroll finds out how it works ... -
Green against black – the future of electricity
The electrical industry is changing and the way we get power already isn’t the same as it always was. Phil Kreveld looks at what’s happening and ... -
NESMA sees generational change arriving with AS/NZS 61439
A National Electrical Switchboard Manufacturing Association (NESMA) member and designer and builder of custom-fabricated electrical switchboard technology, BE Switchcraft, says the new AS/NZS 61439 update is the ... -
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. ... -
Electrocution in plumbing: What you need to know
Metallic waterpipes can become ‘live’ through various methods. While there is a low probability of an incident, Chris Halliday writes about the genuine risk of electrocution ...
