Intrinsic safety (IS) is an electrical design approach that prevents explosions from occurring by ensuring that the energy transferred to a hazardous area is well below the energy required to initiate ...

Site operators sometimes ask about how to make their equipment intrinsically safe. For example, one firm inquired about how to make its 480V motors intrinsically safe. Such a lack of understanding of ...

Last month, we reviewed the origins of the need for and the standards surrounding electrical safety ratings as well as some of the terminology related to the topic. This month, we delve into design ...

Littelfuse, Inc., the global leader in circuit protection, today introduced the first encapsulated surface mount fuse designed for intrinsic safety protection of equipment intended for use in or near ...