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 The flow of electric charge. Any complete path through which electricity travels. Closed Circuit. A circuit in which there is a complete path for. electricity to flow. Open Circuit A circuit in which there is a break so current cannot. flow. Conductors A material that easily carries electrical current. Insulators A material that poorly conducts electrical current or. heat.