ARCAD helps facilities create safer working environments for individuals who service electrical systems by providing On-Line and PC based software tools for Short Circuit and Arc Flash Hazard Analysis. NFPA requires that any panel likely to be serviced by a worker be surveyed and labeled. ARCAD service includes resources and tools allowing plant and facility managers and personnel to perform short circuit, incident energy, flash protection boundary, level of PPE calculations, and create customized arc flash warning labels themselves drastically reducing the cost of getting in compliance with OSHA, NFPA70E and new Canadian CSA Z462 standards.
The Arc-Flash-Analytic v 3.0 is now available by mail in CD format or via download from our webserver. You can make the payment online using any major credit card or PayPal balance. We will send you the installation package and your unique registration key same day or day after you placed the order.
If you lack the time or expensive equipment to print the required labels internally, let us do it for you. ARCAD's arc flash label printing services make NFPA 70, OSHA and CSA Z462 compliance simpler.
Specify PPE requirements and clearly mark safety boundaries with ARCAD labels:
NFPA 70, OSHA and CSA Z462 compliant
Customizable templates - English, Spanish, French languages, imperial or metric units and more
3" x 3-5/8" or custom sizes
Self-adhesive, color or black & white, laser print and laminated labels durable to withstand extreme conditions
How to Order Labels
It's simple; just send us JPG and/or BMP files of your arc flash and shock hazard warning labels created using one of our online or stand-alone software tools for arc flash hazard analysis and we'll take care of the rest. Following the receipt of your order and graphic files in email attachment form or mailed on a CD carrier, we will process the order and ship the labels as soon as possible. Click here to see the table revealing the cost structure for printing job. Please contact us for pricing if you have special labeling requirements. [ More Information]
Online Short Circuit Calculator
We offer online tools for fault current and arc flash hazard analyzes. As we are aware, none of the competition offers similar services online. Advantages:
no need for software installation, no risk associated with virus threat
system can be accessed, operated, shared from anywhere, anytime, any platform connected to Internet and anybody with granted access
access to most recent services and updates
routine data backup
ArcAd tool performs more than otherwise tedious calculations. We have implemented a parameter of tolerances to our service, which has an effect on final results within the analysis. Many other procedures do not take into account room for error, which can distort final values. If we were in a perfect world we would try to eliminate tolerances so that values can be precise without any assumptions. By including room for error we consider all tolerances both plus and minus. Another factor to consider is reducing or extending values to their most significant digit. This allows answers to be more accurate which reveals the hazard levels to be more precise. In other words, the calculator validation procedure, input data analysis and algorithm for capacity calculations ensure that the results are not more precise than is justified by input data accuracy. [ More Information]
Typical commercial software have more interfaces and graphic content, which make them more appealing and expensive. ArcAd's on-line tool is user friendly and is offered at a reasonable price. It also comes accompanied with calculation examples showing the procedure in action. [ More Information]
We strongly believe that if resulting fault current margin error can't be quantified, then it's not engineering, but only a guess. As far as we are aware, none of available competing products performs proper error analysis. It wouldn't be a problem if most accurate system equipment data were available. Experience shows that by far most real world studies are built upon approximate and therefore more or less accurate input data. The concept of precision is very important indeed and can impact results in surprising ways. [ More Information]
A generator provides power during a power outage when hydro is affected and must be installed and connected through a transfer switch in order to isolate the power from utility power. The transfer switch allows to restore power to essential circuits when power is off.
We stock manual transfer switches with 6 (Models 6-5000 and 6-7500) circuit capability for up to 5000W 20A and 7500Watt 30A 125/250V generators respectively. The manual transfer switches are wired directly to the load center inside the home and provide a fast and easy way of connecting the generator to the home during a power outage.
Advantages of Transfer Switch:
Saves time during power outages and is easy in operation
Offers clean power & back up power to residential dwellings
Prevents accidental connection from utility to generator
Provides an alternative method back-up energy supply
Features:
Easy installation: all system components are pre-wired.
All loads are protected by circuit breakers both in normal and emergency modes.
Generator cable protection is offered from power inlet box.
Built in watt-meters permit to monitor load for each individual circuit.
Wires are coded for easy wiring.
Approved by E.T.L. (Electrical Test Laboratory, U.S.A.)
Manual transfer switches allow home owners to safely switch from the utility power to a back-up generator during power black-out. The transfer switches are designed to handle emergency circuits only during a power outage. Examples of the circuits are refrigerators, sump pumps, furnaces and submergible well pumps.
During a power outage, plug the generator into manual transfer switch and turn one circuit at a time from the "LINE" position to the "GEN" position. Turn the appliance on the circuit ON and monitor the wattage used by the appliance. When operating off of the generator, it is recommended that the loads are approximately the same on both meters to maximize the efficiency of the generator. When normal power is restored the selector switch on the Transfer Switch is returned to the line position and the plug cap from the generator is removed from the Transfer Switch.
