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NFPA 70E

Jim Phillips Celebrates 40 Years in the Electrical Industry

Jim Phillips Celebrates 40 Years 1983 Developing Power System Software – BEFORE PCs! Jim Phillips was a primary developer of the first program to perform coordination studies automatically. Developed on a mini-computer with a massive 64K of storage and a 10 mb platter hard drive!! 1987 The Early Days of Training One of Jim Phillips’ first training programs. 1990 Conference Speaker Jim Phillips celebrates 40 years in the electrical industry.  As a pioneer in the training industry, read how Jim

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Jim Phillips, P.E. Receives Two Prestigious Awards from IEEE PCIC 

Jim Phillips, P.E. receives two prestigious awards from IEEE PCIC  Jim Phillips, founder of Brainfiller.com, recently received TWO prestigious awards from IEEE PCIC.  These include: The 2020 Electrical Safety Excellence Award for: “Outstanding dedication and contributions to advance and accelerate the dispersion of information and knowledge impacting electrical safety through activities within the PCIC.” Best Paper Award for the technical paper: Introduction to IEEE Standard 1584 – IEEE 1584 Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations – 2018 Edition.  Jim had

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Jim Phillips in his PPE

2021 NFPA 70E – Major Changes

Jim Phillips, P.E. Every three years I have the privilege of writing the NFPA 70E Changes article for National Electrical Contractor Association’s magazine: Electrical Contractor . The NFPA 70E 2021 edition of this standard will be available September 4, 2020…

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Wind and Solar Electrical Safety

DC Arc Flash Calculations

290 MW PV Installation in SW Arizona When the 2018 Edition of IEEE 1584 was published last year, one subject was conspicuously absent – DC arc flash. DC power systems are everywhere and include sources such as rectifiers, photo-voltaic installation,…

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