12 Types Of Wire Nuts And Connectors (And What They're Used For)

There are many types of wire connectors out there but these are some of the most common ones you'll encounter.
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

NEMA Publishes Electrical and Electronic FEP Insulated High Temperature Hook-Up Wire, Types KT, K, and KK Standard

The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published ANSI/NEMA HP 4-2012, "Electrical and Electronic (Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene) FEP Insulated High Temperature Hook-Up Wire, Types ...
T&D

Underground Cable Design Principles to Strengthen Critical Electrical Grids

With the increasing frequency of natural disasters including earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires and storms with severe lightning, electric utilities worldwide have proactively ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Stumped by the Code? Rules for Supporting and Securing Metal-Clad (Type MC) Cable

All questions and answers are based on the 2017 NEC. Underlined text indicates a Code change. Q. What are the NEC requirements for supporting and securing metal-clad (Type MC) cable? A. Type MC cable ...
Ars Technica

CAT5 UTP standards on running cable near electrical lines

It's perfectly safe to run Cat5 parallel to power lines (or any other EMI source). The twisting of the wire pairs cancels out almost all interference.