Transfer Switch Jeopardizes Hospital Safety
by: Ralph Crawford, P.E.
Poor heat dissipation from control transformer leads to fire in transfer switch.
After a fire broke out in a hospital's 1000A automatic transfer switch (ATS), everyone involved was left
searching for answers. Again and again, the same question was asked: Why would a fire start in a switch that
operated without noticeable incident for several years? The answer: poor heat transfer.
Hot Pavement
by: Pavements4life.com
The Consequences of Dark Pavement Surfaces
An important but often overlooked consequence of overlaying a concrete surface is an increase in pavement surface temperature and the resulting effect on the surrounding facilities.
