In an earlier note on the site [Photovoltaic (PV) - Electrical Calculations], the theory of solar (PV) cell calculations was introduced.  In particular...

The image (reproduced from IEC 60909) shows a typical fault in an ac system.  From the illustration it can seen that there is an initial dc component ...

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...

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...

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...

Fire resistant and fire retardant cable sheaths are design to resist combustion and limit the propagation of flames. Low smokes cables have a sheath designed...

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

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...

Ever wondered what kind of power an aircraft uses when parked at the airport stand. Normally the aircraft generates it own power, but when parked with...

We have a sister note to this (Robots - Interesting Video), in which I have posted some videos of interesting robots developed by commercial corporations...