Specification Guides

Specification Guides explain a range of products and services across the industrial world.
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Battery Isolators

Battery Isolators divide DC current so that it only allows the current to flow in one direction for each battery. This enables charging of more than one battery from a one power source without connecting the batteries together.

Circuit Breakers

Circuit breakers are mechanical switching devices capable of breaking currents under specified abnormal circuit conditions.

Electrical Terminations (1 Guide)

Electrical terminations or terminators are electrical devices installed at the end of a bus or transmission line to prevent signals from reflecting back from the end, thus causing electrical interference.

Ground Enhancement Materials (GEM)

Ground enhancement materials (GEM) are conductive backfill materials used to increase the conductivity of the soil around grounding rods, bars or plates.

Grounding Grids

Grounding grids and mats consist of conductive mesh or sheets that act as a multi-potential ground. They are used near pipelines, substations, transformers, large motors, or high voltage power lines to reduce mains hum, provide AC mitigation, and reduce step and touch potentials.

Motor Control Center (MCC) Buckets

Motor control center (MCC) buckets are motor control modules intended for a motor control center. They typically contain a circuit breaker and a motor starter/contactor, and may contain a transformer.

Motor Control Centers (MCC)

Motor Control Centers (MCC) are a modular assembly which motor control units called buckets are installed, each bucket is intended to control a motor. It acts as a central switchgear panel for the control of multiple motors in an industrial facility.

Resettable PTCs

Resettable (polymeric or positive temperature coefficient -  PTC) fuses are unlike traditional fuses that have to be replaced after a fault condition, this may not be necessary when using resettable fuses. The internal resistance of the component increases in response to an overcurrent or a short-circuit condition, limiting subsequent disturbances. After the fault condition is removed, the device cools and the internal resistance drops to nearly its initial value, permitting normal equipment operation to resume.

Solar Junction Boxes

Solar junction boxes are used to house solar cables.

Transfer Switches

Transfer switches transfer electrical power back and forth between two power systems or buses such as a utility power line and a backup motor-generator power supply.