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    Interconnections & Packaging: Retractile Extension Cords Glow In The Dark For Better Safety

    Feb. 2, 2004
    Applications where safety is critical can take advantage of a new group of electrical retractile extension cords. Designed with a glow-in-the-dark material, they can glow up to eight hours after one hour of exposure to light. Also, they extend only...

    Applications where safety is critical can take advantage of a new group of electrical retractile extension cords. Designed with a glow-in-the-dark material, they can glow up to eight hours after one hour of exposure to light. Also, they extend only as far as needed to eliminate loose wires on the ground, automatically retracting with no need to roll them up. Their plugs light to alert users when the wire is live, and they have NEMA 515, twist-lock, and molded plugs as well as strain releases. These cords come in 14- and 16-gauge three-conductor versions with a 1:5 extension ratio. The cords are UL/CSA approved.

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    About the Author

    Roger Allan

    Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

    After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

    He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.

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