Know Your Supplier -- Don't Get Killed by Counterfeits   PEARL recently published an article in TED and Electrical Contractor Magazines as part of an industry-wide campaign to halt the spread of counterfeit goods on how electrical contractors, maintenance professionals, and distributors can protect themselves by only doing business with suppliers than can trust. This article lays out the critieria you should use when evaluating electrical suppliers, whether the product is new, surplus, or reconditioned. TECH TALK -- What Is WrOnG with this Picture? First right answer gets a new 4-GB IPOD! Congratualtions Richard Paolini of Technology Transfer Services Inc. (Tampa, FL). The IPOD is on its way. He was the first to answer last month's question, what is "power factor." This month, tell us what's wrong with the fuse shown to the right. Click on the photo to see a larger version. Click here to send us your answer.   HERE'S THE KEY to getting more potential customers to visit your website!! PEARL Standard 1211: Molded Case Circuit Breakers with Thermal Magnetic Trip Unit PEARL is pleased to offer the first of many introductions to PEARL Reconditioning Standards. We hope these introductions will prove informative and valuable as a tool for maintenance professionals as well as a method for you to get to know PEARL a little better....Read More  More Industry News   Electrical Surplus Industry Grows Up in Tough Economy Electrical Wholesaling editors discuss the maturity and growth of the electrical surplus equipment market after attending PEARL's annual conference in Atlanta...Read More   Primer: What's the Difference Between Bonding, Grounding, and Earthing? Damage, downtime and machine failure can arise from confusion between bonding, grounding, and earthing. This primer describes each in detail...Read More   What's new in NEC 2011? Out of the 5,077 proposed changes to the 2011 National Electric Code, the NFPA's technical committee is already winnowing those down to a few important changes. Read here to get the highlights before the new NEC hits the presses.   Primer: Induction Motor Testing & Evaluation With more than 60% of US energy consumption tied to induction motors, it's not a surprise that Motor Current Monitoring and Analysis (MCMA) is going mainstream. To learn how to use MCMA, register for and read this white paper on Plant Services. Find a PEARL Member in Your Area!! Issue: 2, May 2009 In This Issue Win An 4GB IPOD!! Summary of Molded Case Circuit Breaker Standard More Industry News... COME SEE PEARL!   National Electrical Contractors Association - NECA     September 12-15, 2009     Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA Look Who Just Joined PEARL Electrical Domains, PO Box 1847, Duncanville, TX 75138, phone: (972) 298-2333, fax: (972) 298-2322 Brosz & Associates, 64 Bullock Dr., Markham, ON L3P 3P2, CANADA, phone: (905) 472-6660, fax: (905) 472-6665