Electric Shock
-
Protection
Why You Should Never Buy or Use Male-to-Male Extension Cords
Why You Should Immediately Stop Using and Never Consider Male-to-Male Extension Cords Electrical safety is critical in residential, commercial, and industrial environments. Among the many electrical devices and accessories that…
Read More » -
Protection
Appliances You Should Never Plug Into an Extension Cord
List of Electrical Appliances You Should Never Plug Into an Extension Cord What is an Extension Cord? An extension cord is a flexible, insulated cable with a plug on one…
Read More » -
Protection
Why Do We Need a GFCI & How Does it Protect During Faults?
Why Do We Need a GFCI Breaker and How Does it Protect During Ground Faults? A Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) is designed to protect circuits by detecting electrical faults…
Read More » -
Protection
How Does a Standard Breaker Respond to Electrical Fault?
How Does an Ordinary Circuit Breaker Operates During Short Circuit, Overload & Ground Faults? When a standard circuit breaker detects a fault, such as an overload or short circuit, it…
Read More » -
Protection
Why Doesn’t a Standard Breaker Protract Against Ground Faults?
Why Does a Standard Breaker Pose a Shock Hazard with a Broken Neutral? A broken neutral in a circuit with a standard breaker can pose a shock hazard because the…
Read More » -
Protection
How Do GFCI and Standard Breakers Respond to Ground Faults?
How Does a GFCI Breaker Protect Us in Case of a Fault, Compared to Standard Breakers? An ordinary circuit breaker in the main panel for household appliances protects only in…
Read More » -
Protection
The Heart-Wrenching Story Behind the 1967 “Kiss of Life” Photo
The Heart-Wrenching Story Behind the “Kiss of Life” – A 1967 Photo by Rocco Morabito Showing Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation to a Lineman Atop a Utility Pole The iconic “Kiss of Life”…
Read More » -
Protection
The Mini LineFly Drone Robot Saves Birds from Colliding with Power Lines
The Mini LineFly Drone-based Robot Prevents Avian Collisions with Overhead Power Lines The modern landscape of power transmission has increasingly become a battlefield between human infrastructure and natural wildlife, particularly…
Read More » -
Protection
Will I Get an Electric Shock If I Touch the Ground Wire?
Is It Harmful to Touch the Grounding Wire? What is the Ground Wire? A ground wire, also known as an earth wire or grounding wire, is a wire in an…
Read More » -
Protection
Can the Neutral Wire Cause Electric Shock? Different Cases
Will a Person Get an Electric Shock If He Touches the Neutral Wire? What is the Neutral Wire? The neutral wire is a conductor that carries current back to the…
Read More »
- 1
- 2