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INDUSTRY WATCH
12 Electrical Workers and
Contractors Team up on
New Smart Tech Training
Facility in California
14 Utility Drones Buzz Into East
San Diego County
16 Unique Microgrid to Provide
Vermont Town With Resilient
Power
17 Architects Commit to
Carbon-Neutral Buildings
CODE
18 CODE FAQS
Gray Branch Circuit
Conductors, Water in
Cable Tray and More
Jim Dollard
54 CODE IN FOCUS
Sizing Conductors, Part XLI
Charles R. Miller
74 CODE APPLICATIONS
Break out the Calculator
Mark C. Ode
112 CODE COMMENTS
Signal Words
Michael Johnston
ON THE JOB
10 SAFETY
I Feel So Confined
Tom O’Connor
30 ESTIMATING
The Balancing Act
Stephen Carr
44 POWER QUALITY
It Just Makes Cents
Richard Bingham
46 ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
It’s a Fast Market
Chuck Ross
52 IDEAS THAT WORK
Hole Saw Solutions,
Cutting PVC and More
Edited by Anton Mikec
60 SERVICE/MAINTENANCE
The Well-Developed
Checklist
Andrew McCoy and Fred Sargent
72 FINANCIAL
Retirement Readiness
Denise Norberg-Johnson
86 RESIDENTIAL
Questioning Instructions
David Shapiro
INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
28 LIGHTING
Lighting Regulations
Craig DiLouie
34 FIBER OPTICS
Stick ’em Up Using Epoxy
Jim Hayes
42 QUIZ
The Language of
Fiber Optics
Jim Hayes
62 FIRE/LIFE SAFETY
Will the Owner Know?
Wayne D. Moore
PRODUCT
40 BOXES, SWITCHES
AND RECEPTACLES
64 NEW PRODUCTS
COOL TOOLS
82 PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT
Jeff Griffin
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