You’ve gotta have serious balls to repair high-voltage cables from a helicopter while wearing a faraday cage suit. Not only are you dealing with heights, but tons of electricity as well. His suit is ...

This excerpt from Straight Up: Helicopters in Action—a documentary released on IMAX theaters a few years ago—shows the dangerous daily routine of the guys in charge of fixing the high voltage lines.

Simply connecting a power supply to a load is not always so simple. Voltage drop due to wires, cables, connectors and circuit board traces can cause considerable regulation errors at the load. It is ...

I wave a 1" conduit running about 500' to asome outbuildings, and we are looking at running about 60a service down there from the house. I was hoping to run some fiber alongside (single mode, maybe 6 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Many people assume that as long as appliances are plugged in and working, there's nothing to worry about. But a sudden spike in voltage can ...