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...

It's been a busy few months on different projects or busy couple of decades depending on how I look at it. I can say that on the odd (frequent) occasion...

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

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

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The calculation of current in a three phase system has been brought up on our site feedback and is a discussion I seem to get involved in every now and...

A single phase system is perhaps the most common type of system most people are familiar with. This is what people have in their homes and what appliances...

There are a lot of interesting two page type notes on various medium voltage topics – switchgear, circuit breakers, bus systems etc. It is on the Siemens...

Here’s list of some famous scientists. Deliberately short, with the aim to provide a quick memory jog or overview. If your looking for more detailed information...

When looking at the design of a lighting scheme it is useful to have an understanding on the nature of light itself and some of the basic theory associated...