Retrofitting vs. Replacing Switchgear: Which is Best for your Facility?
Switchgear is one of the most critical components in any electrical distribution system. It protects equipment, isolates faults, and enables safe operation across industrial, commercial, and mission-critical facilities. As facilities age, expand, or change operational requirements, many owners and engineers face the same question: should existing switchgear be retrofitted, or is full replacement the better […]
How Early Electrical Planning Reduces Project Delays
Project delays are a common challenge across construction and infrastructure projects, whether the facility is a data center, industrial plant, commercial building, or public utility. While delays can stem from many sources, electrical systems are often one of the most significant and least understood contributors. Power infrastructure touches nearly every aspect of a facility, and […]
Understanding UL Certifications in Electrical Distribution Equipment
Electrical distribution equipment plays a critical role in how power is delivered, controlled, and protected within modern facilities. From data centers and industrial plants to commercial buildings and public infrastructure, this equipment is essential to operating safely and reliably under a wide range of conditions. While engineers, contractors, and procurement teams often focus on UL […]
What Makes High-Quality Switchgear Engineering So Important?
Switchgear is often described as the backbone of an electrical distribution system, but its role extends far beyond simply routing power from one point to another. In industrial facilities, data centers, commercial buildings, and critical infrastructure, switchgear is responsible for protecting equipment, isolating faults, and enabling safe operation under both normal and abnormal conditions. When […]
How Custom Panelboards Improve Reliability in Industrial Applications
Industrial facilities place unique and demanding requirements on electrical systems. Manufacturing plants, processing facilities, warehouses, and infrastructure sites rely on continuous power to keep operations running safely and efficiently. Unlike commercial buildings, where loads are often predictable, industrial environments introduce fluctuating demand, harsh conditions, and critical equipment that cannot tolerate unexpected outages. At the center […]
The Importance of UL 891 Switchgear in Modern Facilities
Modern facilities depend on electrical systems that are more complex, more powerful, and more critical than ever before. Data centers support digital infrastructure around the clock, industrial plants rely on continuous power to maintain production, and commercial buildings are increasingly automated and electrified. As these demands grow, the equipment responsible for distributing and protecting electrical […]
Why U.S.-Manufactured Electrical Equipment Improves Lead Times
Switchgear, switchboards, panelboards, and transformers have all seen stretched timelines as the demand of electrical equipment has surged and supply chains are impacted by external forces sometimes out of our control. In many cases, projects haven’t been delayed because of design or permitting but due to critical electrical equipment that is late to arrive on […]
How AI is Changing Power Requirements in Data Centers
Artificial intelligence is changing what data centers are built to do—and that shift starts with power. AI training and inference workloads rely on dense clusters of GPUs and accelerators that draw significantly more energy than traditional enterprise or cloud applications. Instead of steady, predictable loads, AI creates higher baseline demand, sharper power peaks, and much […]
The Rise of Copper Bus Optimization: What Engineers Should Know
Copper bus bars are integral to switchgear and panelboards. Identifying the right copper bus bar that can take on carrying high current, surviving faults, and is reliable to keep the equipment running is important for consideration. What’s changing lately isn’t the fact that we use copper — it’s how carefully we’re optimizing it. Between rising […]
The Real Cause of Most Switchgear Failures And How to Prevent Them
Switchgear is one of the most important pieces of any electrical distribution system. It protects equipment, separates faults, and helps keep power running safely — whether it’s in a factory, a commercial building, or a data center. When switchgear fails, the ripple effects can be serious such as downtime, damaged equipment, safety risks, and expensive […]
