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Child Safety,
Go Back to School with CableOrganizer®
By CableOrganizer®Backpacks coming out of hibernation and the smell of freshly sharpened pencils in the air can only mean one thing: it’s back-to-school time. While it’s always a shame to see...
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Cable Management
Ordering Continuous Lengths or Segments of Wire Loom, Braided Sleeving, and Heat Shrink
By CableOrganizer®When ordering products like wire loom, braided sleeving and heat shrink tubing, the product’s length is specified per line item. Some general information is below about how to order each...
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Tools,
Workplace Safety
Tips for Inspecting and Maintaining Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Occupational Protective Equipment (OPE)
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Occupational Protective Equipment (OPE) are vital to workplace safety. PPE includes some of the basics including gloves, safety glasses, and hard hats, while OPE can...
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Workplace Safety
Safety Guide for Conference Room Power Distribution
Your company is planning to hold a meeting in a conference room. It is your responsibility to make sure enough power distribution units are available; and to ensure cables are...
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Cable Management
Why Do You Use Cable Tracks and Hose Carriers?
Cable tracks and hose carriers are two types of cable management products that are used to protect critical cables and hoses in industrial and manufacturing settings. Each of them guard...
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Cable & Hose Protection,
Workplace Safety
Light Duty Cord Cover Breakdown
There are tons of options when it comes to choosing a floor cord cover. They all perform the same basic task: protecting cables and preventing trip hazards. If you need...
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Workplace Safety
On-the-Job Ergonomics for Electrical Contractors
From materials handling and prefabrication to wire pulling and trenching, electrical contractors and their work crews tackle a wide variety of physically demanding tasks daily. According to the Occupational Safety...
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Tools,
Workplace Safety
Must-Have Electrician Tools for On-the-Job Safety and Efficiency
In the world of electrical work, a job isn’t done right unless it’s done safely and efficiently. And while arming yourself with knowledge and caution goes a long way in...
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Tools,
Workplace Safety
3 Time-Saving Contractor Tools that Pay for Themselves
You’ve probably heard it thousands of times before, but we’ll say it again: time is money. When you save time on the job, it not only makes your clients happy,...
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Networking,
Test Equipment,
Tools
Reasons Every Network Technician Needs a Good Tool Kit
As a Network Technician you are responsible for installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex voice and data networks. With the integration of newer, faster, and more intricate network technologies into existing...
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Cable & Hose Protection,
Workplace Safety
High Capacity and Heavy Duty Cord Cover Breakdown
Unlike light duty cord covers that are typically meant to withstand foot traffic to protect cables around the home or office, high capacity and heavy duty cable protectors need to...
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Security & Surveillance
10 Ways to Prevent Hazardous Energy Injuries in the Workplace
1. NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION, ACT IN COMPLIANCE WITH OSHA REGULATIONS. In order to protect workers from hazardous energy-related injuries and deaths, OSHA (or Occupational Safety and Health Administration)...
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Test Equipment
Learn More About Digital Multimeters
Only a few decades ago, if you knew how to use a multimeter, you were probably an electronics technician or an engineer. But, today, the handy test equipment known as...
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Test Equipment
Circuit Separation
The IEC or International Electrotechnical Commission standard 61010-1 has provided examples of circuit types that can be used to determine when basic, reinforced or double insulation is needed. The definitions...
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Specs & Standards,
Test Equipment
IEC 61010-1 2019
The scope of 61010-1 was first published in 1990 and then was updated in 2001. That was superseded by the 2010 edition, followed by the 2019 update, to reflect advances...
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Cable Management
Term of the Day: Wire Management
Wire management can be a vast topic because of the many types of wires we encounter in our daily lives, from the thinnest earbud wires to thick cables and hoses....
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Cable Management,
Cable Trays,
Specs & Standards
Wire Cable Trays: Code Compliance and Modification
When it comes to basket-style cable trays, you'd think it would be a simple and a straightforward matter to get them to turn in different directions. They're made of heavy-gauge...
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