Tag electrical design

NEED FOR AN ELECTRICAL DRAWING/DESIGN FOR YOUR BUILDING

Within my years of practice as a registered Electrical Engineer, I have never seen such an unwitting disposition of house owners like I am seeing currently in my location. Most of my professional colleagues advised me not to conclude since I haven’t practiced in the 36 states of the country, but I have practiced in about 5 states and I think where I’m currently residing has a special scenario. With a little awareness and orientation program read more

DETERMINANTS IN HIRING AN ELECTRICIAN

If you are into building or you have a desire to build in the nearest future then do not ignore this post as it will save you a lot of future electrical hazards.

Every developer or builder will definitely need an electrical supply to their buildings be it a commercial or residential building. Using the right and qualified electrician can be very beneficial to you especially in the aspect of averting future electrical failure. Hence the need for this post to help you read more

Determination of Cable Sizes for Various Current Ratings

I was opportune to visit a site at Obe, a small community in Benin City, Edo State where I was startled at what I saw the electrician do. Firstly, I observed that there was no registered Engineer on site (Civil/Electrical) all the artisans were all carrying out their duties based on their technical knowhow without an form of design or a qualified Engineer to guide. But whom do I blame? The Workmen? No, The Professional Engineers not on site? No, The successful Businessman Client? YES…

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New Office — New Electrical Needs

Often time when we get a new office or an apartment, we basically do not care of the electrical need, what we are after is the aesthetics. But it’s very obvious that you cannot do away with the electrical need of the building which ought to be paramount. There are no two offices that have the same electrical needs, hence you need to investigate the power source and confirm if the Distribution Board (DB) and the circuit breakers (CB) are adequate enough to carter read more

HOW TO IMPROVE THE LIGHTING IN YOUR OFFICE PREMISES

Lighting is very paramount in every business premises, the nature of your business will determine the type of lighting design to be carried out. From research, it has been proven that office lighting quality affect the productivity of the staff. Most commercial offices like factories, bakeries, sawmill, printing press and other heavy duty offices require adequate illumination of between 150 – 500lx to see properly and prevent unwarranted accident.

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WITH 24HRS POWER SUPPLY IN NIGERIA MOST HOUSES WILL GET BURNT

I had a conversation with a Senior Manager (name withheld)  with one of the Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOS) in Nigeria, below is the excerpts that led to my conclusion of the caption of this story: “WITH 24HRS POWER SUPPLY IN NIGERIA MOST HOUSES WILL GET BURNT”

ME:    Good day Sir,  how is work going thus far? I will like to find out from your personal opinion what you feel about the power situation in Nigeria?

MANAGER: Power read more

ELECTRICAL DISASTER A COMMON OUTBREAK

By Darlington Okoka

It happened that on the 12th of January 2018, a very hot afternoon I went to Warri in Delta State which was barely an hour thirty minutes drive from Benin City where I reside. We went for a site supervision on a site where the electrical piping was on going to ensure that our electrical designs were strictly adhered to. It was a successful journey as our trained electricians actually did the piping as specified except for some few vital corrections, read more