Fundamental electrical engineering concepts and theory
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...
This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...
Most installations involve some form of lightning protection system which is connected to an earth electrode. The function of the earth electrode is to...
A couple of months ago I came Microsoft's OneNote and downloaded the 60 day free trail. Since then I have been using it regularly and now have a full license...
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...
Reading is a bit of a hobby of mine and I"ve done a few off-topic posts in the past on this. Rather than continue doing the occasional post I thought ...
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...
Cable insulation is used to provide electrical separation between conductors of a cable. During the historical development of cables, numerous types...
Photovoltaic (PV) cells (sometimes called solar cells) convert solar energy into electrical energy. Every year more and more PV systems are installed...
When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...
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