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IEEE 1584.2 Standard

NEW! IEEE 1584.2 was Recently Published

November 25, 2025

IEEE 1584.2 was recently published! The full title is: IEEE Guide and Checklists for Data Collection for Performing an Arc-Flash Hazard Calculation Study in Accordance with IEEE Std 1584™ and IEEE Std 1584.1™ for Systems Operating at Three-Phase 50/60 Hz AC 1000 V and Below This newest addition to the IEEE 1584 family complements the existing standards: IEEE 1584 – 2018: IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations IEEE 1584.1 – 2022: IEEE Guide for the Specification of Scope and

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IEEE 1584 Next Edition

IEEE 1584 – Changes to the Next Edition

November 19, 2018

It has been sixteen long years since IEEE 1584 – IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations was first published in 2002. This standard was highly celebrated back then because for the first time there was an internationally recognized standard…

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IEEE 1584 under construction

IEEE 1584 Status Update

May 15, 2018

I have been receiving many questions lately about the status of the next edition of the standard: IEEE 1584 – IEEE Guide for Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations. As Vice-Chair of the IEEE 1584 working group, I would like to provide an…

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Don't Be a Dummy - Poster

Don’t Be a Dummy – Poster

November 5, 2017

Don’t Be a Dummy – Poster: While I was conducting a 2 day electrical safety training program for a large electric utility, we took a substation tour for a demonstration. Upon entering the control house, there it was. A pole top rescue dummy just begging to…

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Jim Phillips - IEC Office in Geneva Switzerland

IEC TC 78 Live Working Standards

October 9, 2017

By Jim Phillips, P.E. International Chairman IEC TC 78 As the International Chairman of IEC TC 78, a frequent question that I receive is “What is IEC TC 78?” IEC is the acronym for the International Electrotechnical Commission based in…

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Arc Flash Labeling Requirments

Arc Flash Labels and ANSI Z535

August 14, 2017

If you ask five different people what an arc flash label should look like, you will likely receive five different answers. Although there are no hard and fast rules regarding the label format, there are some minimal requirements found in…

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Moisture Content in Electrical Cabinet

January 20, 2017

Question: Hello, At one facility I find that the condensation gathers on the inside surface of an enclosure, which can cause the rusting, short circuits, and breakdowns in electric and electronic equipment that is housed in enclosures. And one short circuit is already happened in the same cabinet. One more critical problem in the same panel, the cable insulation is fell apart in pieces near the cable lugs. Same cable connected in else panels but didn’t find any such problem

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