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

One of the fundamental requirements of an alternating current distribution systems it to have the ability to change the magnitude of voltages.  It is more...

The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.

Control theory looks at how systems work and are controlled from a mathematical view.  This note gives a brief introduction to some of the concepts – more...

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

A quick post in connection with an email question: Live Tank - the circuit breaker the switching unit is located in an insulator bushing which is live...

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...

The European Union is implementing a voluntary code of practice for participants with the aim of improving the overall efficiency of data centres. As part...

Cable insulation is used to provide electrical separation between conductors of  a cable.  During the historical development of cables, numerous types...