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...
In a previous article I looked at the dc resistance of conductors and in this article we turn our attention to ac resistance. If you have not read the...
A fundamental concept behind the operation of alternating current systems is that voltage and current waveforms will be sinusoidal – a Sine Wave. This...
Motor starting and its associated problems are well-known to many people who have worked on large industrial processes. However, these things are, of course...
Anyone specifying or using electric motors should have a basic understanding how the insulation is related to temperature. Three classes of insulation...
HTML supports a variety of entity symbols which can be entered using either numbers or an entity name. The number or name is preceded by the ‘&’ sign...
Various arguments exist around SF6 Gas Insulated (GIS) and Air Insulated (AIS) medium voltage switchgear. Recently we had to change a GIS design to AI...
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...
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