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...

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...

It's been a busy few months on different projects or busy couple of decades depending on how I look at it. I can say that on the odd (frequent) occasion...

Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...

Collection of links to various places with useful motor information. I’ll try and return to the page every now and again to update it with any motor notes...

Using software in our  work is essential for most of us and we are becoming even more dependant on it's use.  While software is a great asset, many times...

Dielectrics (insulating materials for example) when subjected to a varying electric field, will have some energy loss.   The varying electric field causes...

Fault calculations are one of the most common types of calculation carried out during the design and analysis of electrical systems. These calculations...

Capacitors have numerous applications in electrical and electronic applications.  This note examines the use of capacitors to store electrical energy....

This is the second post in a series of two on periodic electrical inspections. In the first post, I discussed how often inspections should be carried out...