I received this question by email a few weeks. First thoughts was that it is a product of the mathematics of rotating a straight conductor in a magnetic...

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...

Over the past year or so I've been involved in on going discussions related to referring fault levels from the secondary of a transformer to the primary...

We have had the Wiki with us for a long time now, but at last I have decided to say bye bye – more details on why below.

In three phase systems, the use of transformers with three windings (or legs) per side is common.  These three windings are often connected in delta or...

While not as popular as it once was, frame leakage protection does still have some use in some circumstances.  In essence frame leakage is an earth fault...

One of the comments on my Motor Starting Series was asking for something on duty cycles. Here it is. As a purchaser of a motor, you have responsibility...

The other day I was reading 'Night of the New Magicians' by Mary Pope Osborn with my son.  The story is about a young boy and girl who travel back in time...

If you have a great idea or invent something the last thing you want is someone to steal the idea. One of the things you can do is protect the intellectual...

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