Understanding Incident Energy

IEEE (the brains behind calculating incident energy and much more) will be grinding away for many more years to get a truly comprehensive understanding of incident energy.
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This is the first video that I will build from to show as many perspectives as I can on the topic.
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Not all incident energy is created equally, literally. Rapid clearing times due to high flowing current can result in the same incident energy as long clearing times due to lesser flowing current due to the desired nature of most overcurrent devices; however, there is still inherently more danger that should be considered during a risk assessment where there is a great current available, as breaker malfunction could create an exposure that would not be prudent.
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This is just the beginning of this stuff so keep looking for these videos.
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PS
Some of you may notice I say "available current" and not "available fault current" I'm making this distinction as a perspective to say that the current is always there "waiting" whether a fault exist or not, not to mention there are various types of faults or shorts all based on the actual current available.

[justinpatrick]

Been loving your content! thank you for providing it!

[emdotudot]

Thank You Man. I'm currently at school for my Utility Company. This really helped to understand a little better.