ESA to Recognize EFC and Joint AFCI Task Force Members

ESA to Recognize EFC and Joint AFCI Task Force Members

August 30, 2016

At an awards ceremony on September 29, the Ontario Electrical Safety Authority will recognize Electro-Federation Canada and its joint section task force members for helping to expand arc fault protection in the Canadian Electrical Code.

The group has been selected to receive an Honourary Mention in the Consumer and Home Safety category.

The task force brought divergent opinions together to help advance AFCI technology and expand the applicability of AFCI usage beyond bedroom branch circuits in the CEC Part 1:2015 code to practically the whole home.

Congratulations to

  • Keith Jones, Loreto Persichetti and Vladimir Gagachev of Eaton
  • Pierre Desilets of Leviton
  • Antonio Rocha of Siemens
  • Lorne Hedges of Schneider
  • Keith Rodel of Hubbell
  • EFC’s Bill Bryans for spearheading this effort

Awards are distributed in the following three categories:

  • powerline safety
  • worker safety
  • consumer and home safety

Watch for more on the awards in upcoming issues.

 

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