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...

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

The IET site has a video of a visit showing of a high tech meeting room developed at Napier University in Edinburgh. It a good demonstration of innovative...

Straight forward list of some common motor faults.  If I have missed any other common faults, please take a bit of time to add them in as a comment below...

When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...

The (relatively new) switchgear and control gear standard, IEC 61439 'Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies' has three methods which can be...

We have had the Wiki with us for a long time now, but at last I have decided to say bye bye – more details on why below.

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

When sizing cables, the heat generated  by losses within any sheath or armour need to be evaluated. When significant, it becomes a factor to be considered...

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