Following on from my post on railway electrification voltages, I thought an introduction to traction substations would be a good idea. Traction substations...

Electric motors are one of the most widely used items of electrical equipment. Improving motor efficiency benefits include, reduced power demand, lower...

I have been thinking recently that there appears to be less professional integrity around than when I first started my career in electrical engineering...

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.

The widely used United Sates standard ANSI/IEEE C37.2 'Electrical Power System Device Function Numbers, Acronyms, and Contact Designations' deals with...

Recently I have seen a few interesting articles on viable cold fusion; the combining of atoms at room like temperatures to create boundless energy. Now...

One of the fundamental requirements of an alternating current distribution systems it to have the ability to change the magnitude of voltages.  It is more...

When making adding a Note to our site we have a great online WYSIWYG editor and things are pretty simple.  However, if you prefer you can write, manage...

Many questions sent in to the site are in connection with motor starting and in particular star-delta.  For all but the simplest application, there is...