Raceway fill Calculator application

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electrician2.com
I have started working on a new raceway fill calculator application using Visual Basic that will do all the wire insulations in NEC Chapter 9 Table 5 and cables together with auto, 60 percent, 25 percent, and a custom raceway fill percentage. This is a daunting task, but after doing a similar program in Excel in 1996, then a JavaScript calculator that is now online, the methods are quite clear, but the coding is different. This project is the winter/spring event of the year and today being the shortest day of the year with about 3 hours of sunlight makes for a great time to do this kind of thing.

Created Visual Basic 2008 Voltage Drop application

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electrician2.com
I finally got around to downloading Microsoft's Visual Basic express 2008 net version and created a new .exe voltage drop application. I used to program in Basic and then learned JavaScript, HTML, and some Perl, but I have to say, Visual Basic is about the neatest thing since sliced bread. It combines Basic, JavaScript and HTML features, and C# and is about the easiest programming application that I have ever used. Dang, I wished this stuff had been around when I was a kid! It also builds the executable exe file application for deployment from the Internet or from a CD with about 6 clicks of a mouse. I put a link to the vd calculator at both the electrician2.com and electriciancalculators.com sites for a free download. I am already building the full version with tabs so all the calculators can be accessed within one windows application using tabs at the top. This will include a print preview and print to printer buttons. I may even created a help menu. Since it is about 10 below with a foot of snow and dark about 20 hours a day here in North Pole visual basic programming is about the only exciting thing to do. There was a bull moose walking across the lake today with a nice rack. I filmed him from the upstairs balcony. He stopped for a while and looked a me then walked on to the bank and started feeding.