Power systems theory - generation, transmissions and distribution
The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.
Everything physical in electrical engineering from insulations to conductors revolves around materials. Here we are listing common materials along with...
Multimeters are undoubtedly the most common item of electrical test equipment in use. Often it is the first piece of equipment people will turn to when...
Nikola Tesla was born exactly at midnight on July 10, 1856 in the tiny village of Smiljan, Lika in Croatia. In his late teens, Tesla left the village to...
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...
Working in the vicinity of electrical equipment poses an hazard. In addition to electric shock hazard, fault currents passing through air causes Arc Flash...
In an earlier note on the site [Photovoltaic (PV) - Electrical Calculations], the theory of solar (PV) cell calculations was introduced. In particular...
Coils of wire on the rotor carry a d.c. current which generates a magnetic field. A stator magnetic field is created using either permanent magnets or...
Alternating current (a.c.) is the backbone of modern electrical power distribution. In this article I’ll be pulling some of the more important concepts...
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