I've recently come across this question a couple times browsing the internet. Decided to give a quick answer here. A rectifier transformer is a transformer...

Insulation on a motor prevents interconnection of windings and the winding to earth.  When looking at motors, it is important to understand how the insulation...

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

While not as popular as it once was, frame leakage protection does still have some use in some circumstances.  In essence frame leakage is an earth fault...

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...

Within Europe the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) has standardised the both the designation and colour of cables.   ...

Motor starting and its associated problems are well-known to many people who have worked on large industrial processes. However, these things are, of course...

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

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 standard aims to consolidate AC and traction voltages within the industry and defines the following bands: band 1 - A.C. systems 100 V to 1...