One of the comments on my Motor Starting Series was asking for something on duty cycles. Here it is. As a purchaser of a motor, you have responsibility...

GE have put together a time-lapse video shown flight take-off and landings at some airports. An interesting view:

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...

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...

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...

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

When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...

Circuit breakers are switching devices whose primary function is to isolate parts of an electrical distribution system in the even of abnormal conditions...

Exposure to time varying magnetic fields, from power frequencies to the gigahertz range can have harmful consequences.  A lot of research has been conducted...

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...