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JOHN BALL

  • Voltage generated at the power plant
    November 1, 2023

    Electricity and the Utility Industry

    By John Ball, Ph.D., BCMA, CTSP

    Photo 1: If we transmitted the electricity at the voltage generated at the power plant, the voltage has the force to move only tens of miles. Transformers are used to step up the voltage so it can be moved hundreds [...]

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  • April 1, 2023

    Tree-Work Safety by the Numbers

    By John Ball, Ph.D., BCMA, CTSP

    Mathematics is not a field that sparks much interest among tree workers – or people in general. But the field of probability plays a role in just about everything tree workers do. If you knew that the odds of being [...]

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