Have an opinion or something to say, want to ask or answer questions, share your knowledge then use our site to do it . myElectrical is a community of people interested in electrical engineering and related topics. The site develops and grows from contributions of it's members. To facilitate this contribution the site provides a user friendly set of options for adding content. The only requirement to be able to contribute to the site it to register and become a member. Registration is a simple process and the site is completely free.
At myElectrical we encourage all users to contribute. To keep things sane and sensible, we do have some guidelines and restrictions; most of which are similar to what you would find on other sites.
Cpitalisation, Leetspeak and Spelling - do not post in all upper case or use Leetspeak in titles or content. Well written English is received better by our members and will result in your post being better received. For spelling, the editor includes a spelling checker which can be used to check the content for errors before posting.
If you have knowledge and experience you would like to share by contributing to our community, we have a couple of ways in which you can do this:
Opinion – if you have an opinion, want to share information or provoke discussion on a topic, this is the place to do. You can think of our Opinion section in a similar way to the readers’ letters or editorial comment sections of a newspaper. It’s the place to have your say on things your care about or have a strong opinion on. Posting in the Opinion section of the site, is similar to posting on any well know blog in both content and functionality. Notes – this is where you can post more formal topics, typically based on a single technical subject or idea. You can think of Notes as our textbook, notebook and electrical reference all in one. Our Notes section is article based and includes facilities such as saving history and attaching documents. Notes will be more factual in content and are not intended to promote opinion.
Opinion – if you have an opinion, want to share information or provoke discussion on a topic, this is the place to do. You can think of our Opinion section in a similar way to the readers’ letters or editorial comment sections of a newspaper. It’s the place to have your say on things your care about or have a strong opinion on. Posting in the Opinion section of the site, is similar to posting on any well know blog in both content and functionality.
Notes – this is where you can post more formal topics, typically based on a single technical subject or idea. You can think of Notes as our textbook, notebook and electrical reference all in one. Our Notes section is article based and includes facilities such as saving history and attaching documents. Notes will be more factual in content and are not intended to promote opinion.
The ‘Opinion’ area is the place for making posts. Generally anything related to Electrical Engineering would be fine - we like to let our members can decide what topics are appropriate. While trying to be a open as possible, there are a few limits (things not allowed as ‘Opinion’ posts):
Our Notes section is a free open resource with the intention of building up knowledge base of electrical engineering for everyone to use. It should contain content directly related to electrical engineering.
For more information, view our How to Write an Electrical Note page.
Don't be afraid to jump into a discussion. We are a supportive community that likes sot support and encourage our members. Give your question a meaningful title, which summarises the issue. Explain your question in more detail in the content box.
Direct posting of commercial content the site is not allowed. Commercial content is identified as those posts where the primary intent is to promote a product or service and not to provide educational content to our users.
While we do not accept direct posting of commercial content, we understand that organisations will wish to promote their products and services and that myElectrical is a great place to do this. To facilitate this we do have several advertising options (including advertorial posts). To find out more, please visit our advertising page.
References add validity to a topic and show the writer has carried out research to ensure the factual integrity of the information. Most importantly they acknowledge the contribution made by the author of the referenced work. You should use references where appropriate.
When citing references, a well adopted system is the Vancouver (numerical) system. Each reference is individually numbered and enclosed in square brackets (e.g. [1]). A list of references should appear at the end of the topic. Some examples of how to format references for different publications [1] are:
If you notice any breach of this policy or inappropriate content or usage of our site, please us our Contact Us Page. This will enable us to review the situation and take the necessary action.