http://www.dlsteiner.com Electrical Engineering - Lima, OH Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:00:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First in a series of articles Questions People Ask Us? There is no doubt that wearing gloves is clumsy and makes the electrical worker’s job more difficult. It is not surprising, then, that D.L. Steiner, Inc. is often asked whether or not workers are required to wear their gloves when working ... http://www.dlsteiner.com/628/to-glove-or-not-to-glove/ What a loaded term is the simple word--audit. When coupled with the acronym IRS, it can strike fear in the hearts of even the most attentive taxpayer. In the the corporate world, the all-to-familiar audit raises images of masses of red tape, reams of columned spreadsheets and exhausted board members ... http://www.dlsteiner.com/605/the-ins-and-outs-of-safety-auditing/ What! more red tape . . .why should I bother with arc flash studies? An unsuspecting electrician opens an electrical panel only to discover that he has let loose a lethally dangerous explosion—light flashes so bright that it permanently damages eyes, heat that is 4 times the surface of the sun ... http://www.dlsteiner.com/595/why-arc-flash-hazard-analysis/ Every baseball or tennis player has heard of the “sweet spot”—it’s the place on the bat or racquet where all the forces come together and the maximum power is transmitted to the ball with a minimum of vibration felt in the player’s hands. There’s a sweet spot in electrical maintenance ... http://www.dlsteiner.com/592/hitting-the-maintenance-sweet-spot/ What IS arc flash and arc blast? Why should we do an arc flash hazard analysis? Please describe the arc flash hazard analysis process? If we do an arc flash hazard analysis, what is our part in the process?   What IS arc flash and arc blast?? For many years the hazard of electrical shock has ... http://www.dlsteiner.com/329/arc-flash-faq/ Link to the full article originally published in Dec. 1999 issue of PlantEngineering.com . By DANIEL L. STEINER, P.E., D. L. STEINER. INC., LIMA OH; AND WILLIAM WHITEHEAD, SENIOR APPLICATION ENGINEER SIEMENS ENERGY & AUTOMATION NORCROSS, GA Recent advances in both microprocessor- based monitoring and control devices and computer networking have expanded the range ... http://www.dlsteiner.com/83/effective-power-management/ Ohio Energy: State of Confusion and Opportunity The state of Ohio electric energy production and distribution is one of both great challenge and also considerable opportunity. Electrical Marketplace Confusion It is obvious that Ohio electric power is in a state of flux. In 1999 Senate Bill 3 was signed into law. This law ... http://www.dlsteiner.com/58/the-future-of-electrical-utility-in-ohio/