The right shielding for substation wire and cable continues to be a critical factor in enabling substations to become smarter, more sophisticated and more reliable. New sensors, distributed computing, ...

According to the IEEE Buff Book, "A power cable must be protected from overheating due to excessive short-circuit current flowing in its conductor," which may damage or destroy the insulation. It also ...

Although cable of all types tends to be overshadowed by other, more “glamorous”, technologies, they are nevertheless essential elements in just about any security system. One of cable’s most important ...

Among the things that contribute to satisfaction, good reputation, and a thriving business on the part of an electrical contractor would be a collection of projects that are still operating reliably ...

Ask any EMC engineer to name the most common problems associated with system-level emissions and all of them will include poor cable shielding and terminations. Often, the poor terminations occur ...

Normally when a spiral shield is used on a cable it is for one of three reasons, increased flexibility, ease of termination, or reduced manufacturing costs. Let's consider the differences between a ...

I'm going to pick up one of the Unifi APs in the near future so I can put it on the main floor, which will be way better than the corner of the basement. Since it's cute and surface mount, I was going ...