Carrying out a protection system discrimination study is critical to ensure the correct functioning of  the electrical system in the event of faults. ...

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...

The other day I came across an article in Technology Review on the development of a smart transformer. A professor at North Carolina State University is...

When selecting a generator, there are inherent limits on the active and reactive power which can be delivered. Generators are normally sized for a certain...

Years ago I was told that you should always try to write the best report you can.  Many years later I still think on this as one of the better pieces of...

When looking at the design of a lighting scheme it is useful to have an understanding on the nature of light itself and some of the basic theory associated...

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

This is the first of two posts on the resistance of conductors. In the next post I will look at the ac resistance, including skin effect and we deal with...

Here’s list of some famous scientists. Deliberately short, with the aim to provide a quick memory jog or overview. If your looking for more detailed information...

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...