A video shared by fire Deputy Chief Andrew McRobb shows fire at the base of a utility pole flaring up in the vicinity of 34 ...

Q We recently installed a new steam pressure reducing station in an existing 6-m. 150-lb steam line. After reinsulation of the pipe with foil-jacketed, 2-in.-thick fiber glass, electrical arcing ...

Imagine a cockpit without the phalanxes of button-type circuit breakers. The breakers have been distributed to where they are needed throughout the aircraft. In fact, the breakers are of a new arc ...

When two distinctly separate fires occurred at the same time inside a house in southwestern Ohio, the homeowner was left searching for answers in the aftermath of destruction. Although thankfully no ...

Here’s another hack that we would definitely discourage you from trying at home, 244 9 volt batteries wired in series. There’s really not much more to it than that, but [jersagfast] takes this setup ...

The primary cause of pole fires that lead to wildfires is current leakage from insulating equipment. When you dig a little deeper, this seemingly simple explanation starts to get very interesting. The ...

National Transportation Safety Board investigators said a fire that injured 19 people on a PATH train in Jersey City on Aug. 4, was the caused by electrical arcing between a power rail and a train car ...

The inverters and charging systems in hybrid or fully electric vehicles provide a topical example of a high-voltage application that faces extreme space constraints. When multilayer ceramic capacitors ...

Riki Philogene was on his way to work on Ottawa's Confederation Line Saturday afternoon when he was startled by what sounded like a gunshot. He and his fellow passengers on the westbound train froze, ...