20’ EMT: Faster Installs, Less Handling, Less Labor and Fewer Couplings
Each electrical install has its unique challenges. While not suitable for every job, 20 Foot EMT and rigid conduit may be...
Read moreWheatland’s Latest Product News Now Available on New iPad® App
Wheatland Tube recently released our first iPad® application, Wheatland Electric Ca...
Read moreIs Time Really Money?
You’ve heard it again and again: time is money. But what does it mean? “The less time the electrician has to think about what he needs to do, the more work he’ll get done,” said Gordon Stewart vice president and general manager for Houston-based Joe Swartz Electric Co. [...
Read moreCutting Out ‘The Middleman’ is a Fantasy: Why Distributors Matter
It continues to happen on a regular basis. The contractor contacts me and wants to discuss putting together a deal that cuts out the distributor. Or the large oil company gets a new VP Purchasing and sends out "feelers" about Request For Proposals (RFP) for direct quotations from the manufacturer to them, the installer/end user. Funny...
Read moreBright Lights, Big Ideas: NECA Convention & Trade Show Recap
The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) Convention serves as a unique venue for us to work side by side with our distributor partners and to promote our products directly to end users. The NECA staff did a great job and the new...
Read moreMaking Cents of FasTrak Plus: What do Pennies and EMT have in Common?
The title of this post isn’t the beginning of a bad joke; it’s a question that highlights one of the key aspects of FasTrak Plus EMT. Depending on your perspective, you can probably think of a bunch of different answers, but the one we’re th...
Read moreHow the Electrical Industry Should Invest in the Next Generation
In the last year or so, our industry has taken a reflective approach—recognizing changing workplace trends and harnessing opportunities to better ourselves and our companies. Conference agendas and industry associations alike remind us that the next generation doesn’t “get” electrical distribution; much less why they would want to work i...
Read moreThe Science of Slip: FasTrak Plus Electrical Metallic Tubing
When you first walk into a car dealership and lay your eyes on the vehicle that you’ve been researching on the web for the past month, what’s the first thing you see? If you’re like most people it’s the paint job. The glossy, shiny, just waxed looking clearcoat over the rich and vibrant basecoat is the very first that catches your eye....
Read moreTwitter Chat Brings Light to Electrical Industry
Just a few months ago, top leaders in the industry gathered at the National Association of Electrical Distributors National Meeting, giving us the opportunity to meet with distributor partners. We had over 25 of these meetings to harvest our customers’ intelligence and insights to become a more effective par...
Read moreCorrosion: What it is, What it Does and How to Address it
The 1965 edition of the National Electrical Code® (NEC®) added the requirement that “raceways be suitable for the corrosive environment to which it is exposed.” Section 300.6, Protection Against Corrosion and Deterioration, requires that, ”Raceways, cable trays, cable bus, auxiliary gutters, cable armor, boxes, cable she...
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