This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...

Power cables can basically be classified into earthed and unearthed cables, where earthed and unearthed refer to the application for which the cable is...

‘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...

In an earlier note on the site [Photovoltaic (PV) - Electrical Calculations], the theory of solar (PV) cell calculations was introduced.  In particular...

The new standard IEC 61439 replaces the old 60439. Compared to the old standard, the new 61439 is a more clearly defined and takes into account the assembly...

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...

The inventor of the first visible light-emitting diode makes history again this year as it begins to show customers a 40-watt replacement GE Energy Smart...

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...

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

Cable insulation is used to provide electrical separation between conductors of  a cable.  During the historical development of cables, numerous types...