Following on from my post on railway electrification voltages, I thought an introduction to traction substations would be a good idea. Traction substations...

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...

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...

This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...

Depending where in the world you work, you are likely following one of two standards International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) National...

The calculation of current in a three phase system has been brought up on our site feedback and is a discussion I seem to get involved in every now and...

Sometimes it’s useful to be able to quickly lookup a piece of technical information.  This note is a collection of information related to motors, and in...

If your are ever called out to troubleshoot something on your electrical system, one of the first things consider is the supply voltage. You want to ensure...

Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...

Various techniques exist to enable the correct selection of batteries for UPS applications.  The procedure described below is one of the more common. ...