Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Effective Date: June 4, 2026

Welcome to 791controls.com and tools.791controls.com. These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of the websites, tools, calculators, articles, resources, checklists, worksheets, guides, examples, downloads, forms, and other content provided by 791 Controls LLC (“791 Controls,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).

By accessing or using this website, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

Purpose of This Website

791 Controls provides educational content, practical resources, and design-support tools related to industrial control panel design and electrical documentation.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Electrical CAD
  • Control panel layout
  • Wiring practices
  • Terminal planning
  • Design workflow
  • Component selection
  • Hardware organization
  • Standards-related discussions
  • Compliance-related considerations
  • Industrial automation design practices
  • Control panel calculation and review tools

The website is intended to provide general information and practical design perspective for designers, technicians, engineers, panel builders, automation professionals, and others involved with industrial control panels.

Educational and Informational Use Only

The content, tools, calculators, worksheets, guides, examples, and other materials provided by 791 Controls are for general educational and informational purposes only.

Nothing on this website should be considered:

  • Project-specific engineering advice
  • Legal advice
  • Formal code interpretation
  • Compliance certification
  • Professional design approval
  • Safety approval
  • UL, NEC, NFPA, AHJ, customer, or listing-agency approval
  • A substitute for qualified professional review
  • A guarantee that a design is complete, compliant, safe, or suitable for use

You are responsible for verifying all information before applying it to any real project, design, control panel, machine, system, installation, or application.

No Professional Relationship

Use of this website, creating an account, downloading a resource, using a tool, submitting a question, contacting us, or receiving a response from us does not create a professional services relationship, engineering relationship, consulting relationship, client relationship, contractor relationship, or any other formal business relationship.

Any response to a submitted question is provided for general educational purposes unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.

User Responsibility

You are solely responsible for how you use the information, tools, calculators, downloads, examples, and resources provided by 791 Controls.

Before applying any information to an actual project, you should verify it against:

  • Current official codes and standards
  • Manufacturer documentation
  • Customer specifications
  • Project requirements
  • Company standards
  • Internal design procedures
  • Qualified engineering review
  • Applicable inspection requirements
  • The authority having jurisdiction
  • Listing agency requirements, where applicable

You are responsible for confirming that any final design, drawing, calculation, installation, or decision is appropriate for the specific application.

Website Tools and Calculators

791 Controls may provide online tools, calculators, worksheets, or design-support features through tools.791controls.com or other areas of the website.

These tools are intended to assist with learning, estimating, organizing information, checking design considerations, and supporting review workflows. They are not a substitute for professional judgment, engineering review, code review, or manufacturer verification.

Tool results may depend on the accuracy and completeness of the information entered by the user. Incorrect inputs, incomplete information, assumptions, outdated data, software errors, or misinterpretation of results may lead to incorrect conclusions.

You are responsible for independently reviewing and verifying all tool outputs before relying on them.

791 Controls does not guarantee that any tool, calculator, worksheet, or generated result is accurate, complete, compliant, safe, suitable for construction, suitable for installation, or acceptable to a customer, inspector, engineer, AHJ, listing agency, or other reviewing party.

Accounts and Access

Some areas of the website may require an account. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account login information and for all activity that occurs under your account.

You agree to provide accurate information when creating an account or using the website.

We reserve the right to suspend, restrict, or terminate access to any account if we believe the account is being misused, violates these Terms of Use, creates a security concern, or interferes with the operation of the website.

Free and Paid Features

791 Controls may offer free resources, free tools, paid tools, subscriptions, memberships, downloads, or other paid features.

Access to paid features may require payment through a third-party payment processor. By purchasing a paid feature, subscription, or service, you agree to provide accurate payment information and comply with any applicable payment processor terms.

Unless otherwise stated, paid access is for the account holder’s own use and may not be shared, resold, redistributed, copied, or used to provide access to others.

We may change, add, remove, limit, or discontinue free or paid features at any time.

Payments, Renewals, and Cancellations

If subscriptions or recurring payments are offered, the subscription will renew according to the terms presented at checkout unless canceled before the renewal date.

You are responsible for managing your subscription, cancellation, and billing information.

791 Controls may use third-party payment processors to handle payments and billing information. We do not control third-party payment systems and are not responsible for their separate terms, policies, security practices, or processing errors.

Refund terms, if any, will be stated separately on the applicable checkout page, product page, or refund policy. If no separate refund policy applies, payments are generally non-refundable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

Use of Website Content

All content on this website, including articles, text, graphics, checklists, worksheets, guides, downloads, examples, layouts, images, tool interfaces, tool outputs, and other materials, is owned by 791 Controls LLC unless otherwise stated.

You may use the content for personal reference, internal education, and general learning purposes.

You may not, without written permission:

  • Copy and republish website content as your own
  • Sell, license, or commercially redistribute website content
  • Repackage checklists, worksheets, guides, templates, tools, or calculators as your own product
  • Remove copyright, attribution, disclaimers, or branding from downloadable resources
  • Use the content to create a competing website, course, resource library, paid product, or software tool
  • Scrape, bulk download, copy, reverse engineer, or systematically extract content from the website
  • Share paid content, paid tool access, or account-restricted materials with unauthorized users

Limited sharing of links to public pages on 791controls.com is allowed and encouraged, provided the content is not misrepresented.

Downloadable Resources

791 Controls may provide downloadable resources such as checklists, worksheets, templates, guides, examples, review tools, and other files.

These resources are provided for general reference only. They are intended to support design review, workflow improvement, training, discussion, and learning.

They do not guarantee that a design is complete, compliant, safe, approved, suitable for construction, suitable for installation, suitable for inspection, or suitable for operation.

You are responsible for reviewing and adapting any resource to your specific company standards, project requirements, customer specifications, applicable codes, applicable standards, and internal review procedures.

Submitted Questions and User Content

The website may allow you to submit questions, comments, messages, feedback, or other content through forms, email, or other communication methods.

By submitting content, you confirm that:

  • You have the right to submit the information
  • The information does not violate confidentiality obligations
  • The information does not include proprietary customer or project details you are not authorized to share
  • The information does not include passwords, financial information, sensitive personal information, or other confidential material
  • The information does not violate any law, contract, intellectual property right, or third-party right

You grant 791 Controls permission to review submitted questions, comments, and feedback and to use the general topic, theme, or concept to create future articles, examples, resources, tools, or educational content.

If a submitted question is used as the basis for future content, we may generalize, edit, paraphrase, or remove details to avoid identifying individuals, companies, customers, projects, equipment, or confidential information.

Submitting a question does not guarantee a response.

Acceptable Use

You agree not to use the website in any way that could harm the website, other users, 791 Controls, or related systems.

You may not:

  • Submit false, misleading, abusive, unlawful, or harmful content
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the website or related systems
  • Interfere with website operation, performance, or security
  • Upload malware, malicious code, spam, or harmful files
  • Use automated tools to scrape, overload, copy, or extract website content
  • Misrepresent your identity or affiliation
  • Share account access with unauthorized users
  • Attempt to bypass access controls, subscription limits, or security features
  • Reverse engineer, copy, duplicate, or recreate website tools or calculators
  • Use the website to violate laws, regulations, contracts, intellectual property rights, or confidentiality obligations

We reserve the right to block, remove, restrict, suspend, or terminate access to users, accounts, or submissions that violate these Terms of Use.

Standards, Codes, and Compliance-Related Information

791 Controls may discuss topics related to standards, codes, and compliance, including but not limited to UL 508A, NFPA 70 / National Electrical Code, NFPA 79, SCCR, industrial control panels, electrical CAD documentation, wiring, terminals, labeling, component ratings, and panel layout.

Any such content is provided for general education only and is not an official interpretation of any standard, code, listing requirement, inspection requirement, or authority having jurisdiction requirement.

You must verify requirements using current official standards, manufacturer documentation, customer specifications, governing authorities, listing agencies, qualified professionals, and the authority having jurisdiction.

Software, Manufacturer, and Product Information

The website may discuss software tools, manufacturers, components, ratings, catalog data, part numbers, product types, dimensions, accessories, certifications, or design workflows.

Software features, component data, manufacturer ratings, certifications, dimensions, accessories, availability, pricing, and application requirements may change.

You are responsible for verifying all product and software information using current manufacturer documentation, software documentation, and applicable project requirements before use.

Mention of a product, manufacturer, standard, software tool, service, or brand does not imply endorsement, sponsorship, certification, partnership, or approval unless specifically stated.

External Links

This website may include links to external websites, manufacturers, standards organizations, software providers, tools, articles, or other resources.

External links are provided for convenience only. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, availability, security, privacy practices, or policies of third-party websites.

Use of external websites is subject to their own terms and policies.

Availability and Website Changes

We may update, modify, remove, replace, limit, or discontinue any part of the website, tools, resources, downloads, features, or content at any time without notice.

We are not obligated to maintain, update, correct, or continue providing any specific article, tool, calculator, resource, page, or downloadable item.

No Warranty

The website and all content, tools, calculators, downloads, resources, and features are provided “as is” and “as available.”

791 Controls makes no warranties or representations of any kind, express or implied, regarding the website or its content, including but not limited to accuracy, completeness, reliability, availability, suitability, usefulness, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

We do not guarantee that the website will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, current, complete, or free from viruses or harmful components.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, 791 Controls LLC is not responsible for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, punitive, or other damages arising from or related to your use of the website, tools, calculators, downloads, resources, or reliance on any content.

This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Design errors
  • Calculation errors
  • Compliance issues
  • Inspection failures
  • Rework
  • Project delays
  • Downtime
  • Equipment damage
  • Safety incidents
  • Financial loss
  • Lost data
  • Business interruption
  • Misuse or misapplication of information
  • Reliance on outdated, incomplete, or incorrect information
  • Incorrect user inputs
  • Misinterpretation of tool outputs
  • Failure to verify information with qualified professionals or official sources

You use this website and its content at your own risk.

Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless 791 Controls LLC, its owner, employees, contractors, affiliates, service providers, and representatives from and against any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, or expenses arising from or related to:

  • Your use of the website
  • Your reliance on website content
  • Your use of tools, calculators, downloads, or resources
  • Your violation of these Terms of Use
  • Your submission of unauthorized, confidential, unlawful, or harmful information
  • Your violation of any law, contract, intellectual property right, confidentiality obligation, or third-party right

Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms of Use from time to time. When changes are made, the effective date at the top of this page will be updated.

Your continued use of the website after changes are posted means you accept the updated Terms of Use.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Contact

If you have questions about these Terms of Use, please contact:

791 Controls LLC
Website: 791controls.com
Email: contact@791controls.com