Problems on achieving maximum voltage drop within an installation come up often. Depending where you live, local regulations will have different limits...

HTML supports a variety of entity symbols which can be entered using either numbers or an entity name.  The number or name is preceded by the ‘&’ sign...

We have a sister note to this (Robots - Interesting Video), in which I have posted some videos of interesting robots developed by commercial corporations...

Collection of links to various places with useful motor information. I’ll try and return to the page every now and again to update it with any motor notes...

A recurring theme on our forums is cable sizing. Now many installations are unique and require special consideration. However, a lot of the time things...

I was digging in my bookshelf and came across the 80th Anniversary Association of Mine Resident Engineers, Papers and Discussions Commemorative Edition...

The mobile phone was born in 1973. They were the size of a brick and weighed a couple of kg, making them difficult to fit into your pocket. At a few thousand...

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

When selecting a generator, there are inherent limits on the active and reactive power which can be delivered. Generators are normally sized for a certain...

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...