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

This article gives an introduction to IEEE 485 method for the selection and calculation of battery capacity.

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...

The European Union is implementing a voluntary code of practice for participants with the aim of improving the overall efficiency of data centres. As part...

A load flow study is the analysis of an electrical network carried out by an electrical engineer. The purpose is to understand how power flows around...

Variable frequency drives are widely used to control the speed of ac motors.  This note looks at the mechanisms which enable drive units to control the...

In 2011, with the introduction of it’s Panda search ranking algorithms, Google introduced tools for determining the original author of posts.  The intention...

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

Over the past year or so I've been involved in on going discussions related to referring fault levels from the secondary of a transformer to the primary...

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