The term 'N+1' relates to redundancy and simply means that if you required 'N' items of equipment for something to work, you would have one additional...

Depending where in the world you work, you are likely following one of two standards International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) National...

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 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...

‘Kept looking at a card, y’see? Kept looking at it. Welcome back Bottle. Gods below welcome home. The Crippled God A Tale of the Malazan Book of the...

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

Recently I have seen a few interesting articles on viable cold fusion; the combining of atoms at room like temperatures to create boundless energy. Now...

IEC 60947 is the circuit breaker standard and covers the marking of breakers in detail. Any manufacturer following this standard should comply with the...

Straight forward list of some common motor faults.  If I have missed any other common faults, please take a bit of time to add them in as a comment below...

This is the second post in a series of two on periodic electrical inspections. In the first post, I discussed how often inspections should be carried out...