Electrical and related buildings technology
The IET site has a video of a visit showing of a high tech meeting room developed at Napier University in Edinburgh. It a good demonstration of innovative...
While there are a vast array of cable insulation materials, these are often divided into two general types; Thermoplastic or Thermosetting. For example...
Following on from my post on railway electrification voltages, I thought an introduction to traction substations would be a good idea. Traction substations...
Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...
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...
This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...
IEC 60947 is the circuit breaker standard and covers the marking of breakers in detail. Any manufacturer following this standard should comply with the...
Dielectrics (insulating materials for example) when subjected to a varying electric field, will have some energy loss. The varying electric field causes...
The fundamental component of any analogue computer is the operational amplifier, or op amp. An operational amplifier (often called an op-amp,) is a high...
The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.
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