Features
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Electricians on the rails at Plasser
An electrical contractor from NSW has played an important role in securing the future of the local rail network. Paul Skelton reports. Aside from being the ... -
Patching into patch cords
Patch cords are affecting network and system reliability, writes VTI Services technical director Murray Teale. Patch cords (aka balanced cords) are proving to be the weak ... -
The great apprenticeship shake-up
For school-leavers around the country who don’t wish to pursue a university career, being an electrician is a very promising career. It just turns out that ... -
Getting up to speed with the 802.3bz Standard for Ethernet
To accommodate the growing data demands of end users, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has ratified the 802.3bz Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media ... -
REVIEW: Fluke Thermal Multimeter 279 FC/iFlex
The Fluke Thermal Multimeter 279 FC/iFlex is a thermal imaging camera combined with a multimeter. Shepparton-based electrical contractor Paul Riley took one for a test run ... -
Taking aim at AIM
After much deliberation, the ISO/IEC automated infrastructure management Standard has been ratified. Matias Peluffo from CommScope reports. After more than two years of development, the international ... -
Manage household electricity demand with AS/NZS 4755-compliant products
Standards Australia received the content for the following article from experts of the technical committee EL-054 Remote demand management of electrical products. The contributions thus of ... -
Ruling the Roost
Upgrading ‘regular’ devices to smart alternatives can be an expensive caper but what if all it took was replacing the battery? Joe Young reports. It’s a ... -
2017 Control System Survey
Home and building automation is a very real part of the electrical industry of tomorrow. What you may not realise is that it is also a ... -
AS3008: Size does matter
As far as Australian Standards are concerned, cable sizes matter. Now, a website has been created to make cable sizing easy for electricians. Joe Young reports. ...
