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NFPA 70B Inspection Series
Read in order: What Is NFPA 70B → Inspection Frequency → Annual Infrared Inspections → Continuous Monitoring
Does Continuous Monitoring Replace Periodic Infrared Inspection Under NFPA 70B?
Does continuous monitoring replace periodic infrared inspection? See what NFPA 70B actually permits and why documented condition evidence still matters.
Read Article →How Often Should Electrical Equipment Be Inspected Under NFPA 70B?
Inspection frequency under NFPA 70B is condition-driven, not simply a fixed calendar interval. Learn what determines the interval.
Read Article →Annual Infrared Inspections Explained
Understand what annual infrared inspections look for, what the inspection record should document, and why the evidence matters.
Read Article →What Is NFPA 70B and Why Does It Matter for Data Centers?
A practical explanation of NFPA 70B, what changed, and why electrical maintenance and inspection documentation matter for data centers.
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What Does NFPA 75 Require for a Data Center? How Can Automation Help?
The standard treats the data hall as its own fire protection environment. What it covers, why room conditions drift after commissioning, and how consistent inspection keeps a record of them.
Read Article →How Can I Automate Inspection Evidence for a Data Center?
Automating the form, the monitoring, and the capture are three different things. Why automating the capture is what closes the gap — and where to start depending on what you log today.
Read Article →Ultrasonic Screening: Inspecting Equipment You Cannot Open
Arcing, corona and tracking make sound that escapes at vents and seams. What screening from outside a closed cabinet can tell you, what it can't, and why the change between passes is the signal.
Read Article →Thermal Imaging: How It Finds a Failing Connection Before It Fails
A degrading connection runs hot well before a breaker trips. What makes a thermal image usable as evidence, and why an annual scan is the minimum rather than the whole picture.
Read Article →Can a Robot Inspect a Data Center Without Opening Anything?
What a robot on a set route can see without opening a single door — heat, room conditions, air readings and gauges — and the sealed equipment that still needs a licensed specialist.
Read Article →A Tale of Two Technicians, Two Readings, and a Single Breaker: Why a Robot Reads It the Same Way Every Time
Distance, angle and framing move a thermal number before the equipment does. Why repeatability — not accuracy — is what lets you compare March to September.
Read Article →What a Verified Inspection Record Actually Looks Like
A photograph and a check mark is not a record. Here is everything one checkpoint contains — the capture, the position, the finding, what did not happen, and the proof it was not changed.
Read Article →How Do I Combine Photos, Sensor Readings and Technician Notes Into One Record?
Photos on a phone, thermal images on a camera, readings in a spreadsheet, notes on paper. Why stitching them together afterwards fails, and what capturing them together changes.
Read Article →What Should a Data Center Inspection Report Contain?
Eight things a report worth having includes — from what was inspected and when, to what could not be captured, who reviewed it, and what proves it was not edited.
Read Article →5 Growing Data Center Challenges and How Better Inspections Help Solve Them
Power, cooling, land use, noise, and density are reshaping operations. Here is the operational side of each challenge — and the role better inspection evidence plays.
Read Article →Beyond Downtime: What FacilityOps AI Actually Improves Inside a Data Center
Downtime reduction is only part of the story. See how evidence-backed inspection improves visibility, handoffs, maintenance context, and audit readiness — before failure, not after.
Read Article →How to Prove Every Data Center Inspection Round Was Actually Completed
A completed checklist is not proof. See how checkpoint-level, timestamped evidence turns “we checked it” into a record that survives audits and incident reviews.
Read Article →Electrical Room Inspections: The Overlooked Part of Data Center Reliability
Many connection problems announce themselves as heat long before they trip anything. Why disciplined, repeatable electrical-room routes protect the uptime chain.
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