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End of an Era

You know you’re officially old when you say phrases like “the end of an era” …casting aside all pride, I’m saying it. pic unsplash A few years ago one of our chapter members bought another member- Colonial Electric Supply bought Atlantic Electric Supply. This is not...
Life of an Electrician Series #3

Life of an Electrician Series #3

As promised, I’ve asked dozens of electricians about their lives outside of work and the results are in and not surprising…based on all the Electricians I’ve asked, their life outside of work falls into two main categories, family and fun. Most considered those two...

Meet My Friend Lord Kelvin

Why do electricians and lighting people refer to the temperature of light as Kelvin? The short answer- because it’s named after Lord Kelvin, a 19th century Scottish-Irish physicist who invented the international system for absolute temperature. I know- it’s a lot…but...

Math Doesn’t Lie…

You may WANT math to lie…you may try to play games with math, but math itself never lies. Our Vice President of Education here at IEC Chesapeake , Mike Basham started to run the numbers recently and the math revealed something...