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I don’t know about you but chirping smoke detectors drive me crazy. Why is it they always seemed to chirp late at night while trying to sleep or during the best part of my favorite TV show? Smoke detectors chirp for a variety of reasons, one being low battery power. Many smoke detectors have a chirping safety warning built in, almost like saying “change my batteries or I will annoy you until you do”. That is, they will chirp when the batteries are running low; a warning tha

Most commercial facilities as well as households have a first aid kid at the ready for any minor accident. Cuts, scrapes and burns are common injuries; with the appropriate supplies on hand minor emergencies can be addressed quickly and not escalate into major emergencies. Many facility mangers believe that by protecting your employees and the people you care about with a well-stocked first-aid kit – a minor injury does not have to turn into a major incident. Why wouldn’t y

The 2015 revisions to the UL 943 require improvements in GFCI performance that will provide better protection from serious injury and electrocution from electrical shock. These improvements include: 1.) Auto-Monitoring or Self-Test function: This function allows for periodic, automatic testing of the ability of the GFCI to respond to a ground fault. If the Self-Test function detects a problem, the GFCI must deny power or provide visual and/or audible indication. 2.) Reverse l

LEDs are light emitting diodes that give off far more light per unit of electricity than the traditional fluorescent or incandescent lamps and fixtures. While they are typically more expensive on the initial purchase, the money they will end up saving the user justifies the expense: often having the product pay for itself within a short period of time. For this reason it just makes good sense why businesses should switch to LED lights. Let’s take a look at why it makes sense