Advice for Handling Wiring in Mobile Homes after Washington Floods
from The Bellingham Herald
Victims of the flooding in Washington need to guard against being victims of electrocution or fires. The Department of Labor & Industries is also cautioning owners of flooded manufactured or mobile homes to seek technical assistance. More

IAEI Seeks New Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
from IAEI
The International Association of Electrical Inspectors (IAEI) is seeking an energetic, experienced professional from the electrical industry or inspection community to be its next Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director. More

Breakers Get New Standard
from The Columbus Dispatch
The Ohio Board of Building Standards has voted to adopt the 2008 National Electrical Code, a move aimed at making new homes in Ohio safer from the threat of electrical fires. The national electrical code requires a special circuit breaker -- called an arc-fault circuit interrupter or AFCI -- on circuits for bedrooms, living rooms, sunrooms and other areas where families gather or sleep. Ohio's old code required the interrupter on bedroom circuits only. More

Chatham Twp. Apartment Fire Sparked by Water Leak
from the Daily Record
The Christmas night fire at the Chatham Hill Apartments that destroyed eight units and rendered another eight units uninhabitable apparently started when water leaked into an electrical outlet and triggered sparks, the township construction official said Monday. The township's electrical inspector, Anthony Giampietro, agreed the leak likely caused the fire, Impink said. More

Is Your Child Safe In Your Home?
from Pointers for Parents
According to recent findings by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 24,000 children 10 years of age or younger were treated in emergency rooms for accidents related to electrical outlets over a 10-year span. That equates to seven children a day receiving treatment for injuries ranging from electric shock to third-degree burns and, although rare, in some cases resulting in fatalities. More

Only Time Will Tell
from Electrical Contractor Magazine
The 2008 National Electrical Code (NEC) includes a new definition covering “Intersystem Bonding Termination” and a total rewrite of Section 250.94 covering the requirements for installing a bonding connection point for communications systems. Only time will tell if the communications industry will use or disregard the intersystem bonding termination, as so often was the case with the old method of using a No. 6 bare copper conductor stubbed out of the service panel. More

WorkSafe Investigates Electrocution of Australian Cleaner
from The West Online
WorkSafe is investigating the death of a 29-year-old cleaning supervisor at the Malaga Markets yesterday morning, who appeared to have been electrocuted. WorkSafe said the man was believed to have been checking a dishwasher that was malfunctioning when the electrocution took place. More

North Carolina Approves Duke Energy's Solar Plan
from The News & Observer
The North Carolina Utilities Commission recently approved Duke Energy's plan to place solar panels on hundreds of rooftops across the state. The $50 million plan will help Duke meet state requirements to generate electricity from renewable energy sources such as the sun, wind and plants. Duke expects to generate eight megawatts of electricity from panels at up to 425 sites, enough to power 1,300 homes, within two years. More