The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.

GE have put together a time-lapse video shown flight take-off and landings at some airports. An interesting view:

When sizing cables nearly, everyone uses some form of software. This ranges from homespun spreadsheets to complex network analyses software. Each has its...

The (relatively new) switchgear and control gear standard, IEC 61439 'Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies' has three methods which can be...

Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...

Years ago I was told that you should always try to write the best report you can.  Many years later I still think on this as one of the better pieces of...

Estimating maximum demand is a topic frequently discussed. Working out how much power to allow for a building can be very subjective . Allowing too much...

This article gives an introduction to IEEE 485 method for the selection and calculation of battery capacity.

A frequent problem in fault calculations is the obtaining of equipment parameters.  While it is always preferable to use the actual parameters of the equipment...

Electrical engineering is a field that covers a wide variety of sub-fields, including electricity and electronics. It is a field that goes back to the...