Electric motors are one of the most widely used items of electrical equipment. Improving motor efficiency benefits include, reduced power demand, lower...

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Variable frequency drives are widely used to control the speed of ac motors.  This note looks at the mechanisms which enable drive units to control the...

If you want to check a circuit is dead (not live), you should always use the three point method. First check a known live circuit, then check the dead...

The European Union is implementing a voluntary code of practice for participants with the aim of improving the overall efficiency of data centres. As part...

Traditionally generation of electricity has involved rotating machines to produce alternating sinusoidal voltage and current (a.c. systems). With the development...

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Motor starting and its associated problems are well-known to many people who have worked on large industrial processes. However, these things are, of course...

A load flow study is the analysis of an electrical network carried out by an electrical engineer. The purpose is to understand how power flows around...