Fault calculations are one of the most common types of calculation carried out during the design and analysis of electrical systems. These calculations...

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

When thinking about watts (W) or kilowatt (kW = 1000 W) it can be useful too keep in mind the fundamental ideas behind the unit. Watt is not a pure electrical...

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...

I was having a conversation the other day about voltage levels.  While everyone was in agreement that low voltage was 1000 V and less, there was more confusion...

When sizing cables nearly, everyone uses some form of software. This ranges from homespun spreadsheets to complex network analyses software. Each has its...

Famed English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in Newington Butts, a suburb of Surrey just south of the London Bridge...

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...

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

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...