There are many guidelines addressed in the NFPA 70 that make working with electrical hazards safer for employees. Here are some of the main areas of protection addressed: grounding of wires, fire alarm equipment, physical protection, abandoned supply circuits, communications equipment, temperature ratings, special requirements for information technology equipment room, among many other important guidelines.
Electric current is electric charge in motion, such as the flow of electrons through a wire. Electric current is electric charge in motion, such as the flow of electrons through a wire.
Electric Current and Magnetic Fields. Electric current produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field can be visualized as a pattern of circular field lines surrounding a wire. One way to explore the direction of a magnetic field is with a compass, as shown by a long straight current-carrying wire in . Hall probes can determine the magnitude of the field.