{"id":10487,"date":"2025-12-15T21:25:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/?p=10487"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T21:25:36","slug":"the-importance-of-de-energizing-a-switchboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/the-importance-of-de-energizing-a-switchboard\/","title":{"rendered":"The importance of de-energizing a switchboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0In many plants, a dangerous practice has become normalized:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>opening a panel and assuming it's de-energized simply because \"that's how it was left.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During an inspection, we found circuits that were still energized even with the main breaker down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn't malicious. They were faulty connections and return circuits that no one bothered to check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These kinds of errors directly endanger people and equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They not only cause accidents but also result in serious damage and complete production shutdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rule is simple and non-negotiable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>before working on a panel, verify the absence of energy point by point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Safety is not a formality or an assumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's a basic practice that protects people and keeps operations under control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10491\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17-980x551.png 980w, https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-17-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0In many plants, a dangerous practice has become normalized: opening a panel and assuming it&#8217;s de-energized simply because &#8220;that&#8217;s how it was left.&#8221; During an inspection, we found circuits that were still energized even with the main breaker down. It wasn&#8217;t malicious. They were faulty connections and return circuits that no one bothered to check. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[807,808,810,812,809,811,813,308,281,814],"class_list":["post-10487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-noticias-en","tag-conectores-criticos","tag-continuidad-de-produccion","tag-fallas-de-conectores","tag-fallas-en-maquinaria-industrial","tag-inspeccion-de-conectores","tag-limpieza-de-conectores","tag-mantenimiento-de-conectores-en-plc","tag-mantenimiento-industrial-en","tag-mantenimiento-preventivo-en","tag-paros-de-produccion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10494,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10487\/revisions\/10494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mci-automation.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}