Traditionally generation of electricity has involved rotating machines to produce alternating sinusoidal voltage and current (a.c. systems). With the development...

Our cable sizing tool is one of the more popular tools on the site.  The tool enables cables to be sized in compliance with BS 7671 (the IEE Wiring Regulations...

The term 'N+1' relates to redundancy and simply means that if you required 'N' items of equipment for something to work, you would have one additional...

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...

A couple of months ago I came Microsoft's OneNote and downloaded the 60 day free trail. Since then I have been using it regularly and now have a full license...

Everything physical in electrical engineering from insulations to conductors revolves around materials. Here we are listing common materials along with...

Most installations involve some form of lightning protection system which is connected to an earth electrode.  The function of the earth electrode is to...

Problems on achieving maximum voltage drop within an installation come up often. Depending where you live, local regulations will have different limits...

It wasn't so long ago I was telling someone that I don't use rules of thumb as most things are easily calculated anyhow.   As it turns out I last week...

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