The other day I came across an article in Technology Review on the development of a smart transformer. A professor at North Carolina State University is...

Sometimes it’s useful to be able to quickly lookup a piece of technical information.  This note is a collection of information related to motors, and in...

Within Europe the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) has standardised the both the designation and colour of cables.   ...

Everything physical in electrical engineering from insulations to conductors revolves around materials. Here we are listing common materials along with...

If you have no idea how electrical circuits work, or what people mean then they talk about volts and amps, hopefully I can shed a bit light.  I’m intending...

If your are ever called out to troubleshoot something on your electrical system, one of the first things consider is the supply voltage. You want to ensure...

Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...

A single phase system is perhaps the most common type of system most people are familiar with. This is what people have in their homes and what appliances...

Lamps are the essential part of any luminaire. These are the light generating components. Since the advent of electrical lighting in the middle of the...

Earthing of electrical systems is essential for the correct functioning and the protecting of life and equipment in the event of faults.  The earth electrode...