Fundamental electrical engineering concepts and theory
The windings of many medium and small sized transformers are protected by restricted earth fault (REF) systems. The illustration shows the principal of...
A battery consists of one or more cells, each of which use stored chemical energy to produce electrical energy, There are many types of cells and these...
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...
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...
Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...
The IEC publishes a series of documents and rules governing the preparation of documents, drawings and the referencing of equipment. Depending on country...
‘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...
Cable insulation is used to provide electrical separation between conductors of a cable. During the historical development of cables, numerous types...
I've recently come across this question a couple times browsing the internet. Decided to give a quick answer here. A rectifier transformer is a transformer...
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...
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