Or I think of my thwarted search for a standard electrical outlet at McCormick Place.
And the standard electrical outlet could be going the way of the dinosaur.
Fires caused by short circuits and sub-standard electrical wiring are common in Bangladeshi garment factories, which often have inadequate fire escapes.
Severinsky's bright idea was to run the electric motor on a high voltage--say, 40 times the 14 volts that is standard for the electrical system in a gasoline car with a 12-volt battery.
The Karma can also be charged using standard 110v power from any electrical outlet.
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McKinley had seen how the growth of electronic gizmos in cars had tapped out the standard 12-volt vehicle electrical system.
McKinley had seen how the growth of electronic gizmos in cars had tapped out the standard 14-volt vehicle electrical system.
The first was that the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ratified a new standard in the ever-growing alphabet soup of specifications relating to Wi-Fi.
Dubbed "NEMA Premium"--a standard created last year by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association for motors between 1 hp and 200 hp--these motors offer a few extra percentage points of energy efficiency and sell for roughly 25% more than motors meeting minimum federal standards.
The standard was developed in 1997 in consultation with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a professional association open to everyone, including manufacturers and health specialists.
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The combined company will build on standards work being done by NEMA (the Association of Electrical and Medical Imaging Equipment Manufacturers) and will make the protocols and interoperability standard available to any EVSE network operator for a small licensing fee, according to Pat Romano, president and CEO of ChargePoint.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), which set the first Wi-Fi standard, is currently working on a new standard called 802.11i that is expected to address the security concerns.
Indian Head, however, finding that the manufacturer of metal electrical conduit may have violated antitrust laws by recruiting hundreds of allies to pack a standard-setting body that banned plastic conduit from fire codes.
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Electrical energy will be stored in a liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery that can be recharged from a standard household outlet.
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The action by the FCC was prompted by the General Accounting Office, the investigative arm of Congress, which last summer urged the agency to undertake the reevaluation in view of the fact that the current standard was adopted by the FCC in 1996 based on the recommendations of various organizations including the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or IEEE.
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