ISO 6469-3:2021—Safety for Electric Road Vehicles
The concept of electric cars is not recent. In 1884, English inventor Thomas Parker built the first electric car for mass production. The electrical vehicle…
CSA/ANSI Z21.58-22: Outdoor Cooking Gas Appliances
Cooking with an outdoor gas appliance, like a grill, uses minimal energy and keeps heat outside, lowering your energy bill. In other words, due to…
ANSI O5.1-2022: Wood Poles – Specifications and Dimensions
The wood pole is a relatively basic, yet robust and useful, structural resource, dating back to antiquity in usage and maintaining significance today as it…
IEEE 519-2022: Harmonic Control In Electric Power Systems
Did you know the term electricity stems from the Greek word elektron, which means amber? This is a reference to the experiments Thales of Miletus,…
ANSI/NEMA MG 1-2021: Motors and Generators
ANSI/NEMA MG 1-2021 deals with a piece of technology more ubiquitous than most people realize: electric motors. Electric Motors Are Everywhere The electric motor is…
ASTM F1506-22: Flame Resistant, Electric Arc Rated Clothing
In some workplaces, exposed skin can mean skin exposed to danger. In fact, under certain conditions, the damage can go beyond subcutaneous and even be…
ANSI/ESD S20.20-2021: Protection of Electrical and Electronic Parts
There’s electricity within you. The human body, at rest, contains around 100 volts. Our bodies are not alone in generating a charge. In manufacturing and…
Preventing Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)
What is Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)? When we walk across a carpeted floor and touch a doorknob, we feel a startling shock. This is one of…
ANSI/ESD S1.1-2021: Standard for Wrist Straps
The power of lightning is in your hands. Not the hands of Thor or Zeus or whatever lightning-casting being—but yours! The average human body, at…