Fundamental electrical engineering concepts and theory
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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...
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...
The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.
Years ago I was told that you should always try to write the best report you can. Many years later I still think on this as one of the better pieces of...
Anyone specifying or using electric motors should have a basic understanding how the insulation is related to temperature. Three classes of insulation...
I'm a fan of using manufacturers catalogues. There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, if your involved in the purchase of equipment, you will likely...
While not as popular as it once was, frame leakage protection does still have some use in some circumstances. In essence frame leakage is an earth fault...
If you are working on a large plan, get the real coordinates [latitude, longitude] for two or more points and add them to the drawing. That way you can...
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