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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...

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...

These lifts were first built in 1884 by J. E. Hall and called a paternoster ("Our Father", the first two words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin) due to its...

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...

A recurring theme on our forums is cable sizing. Now many installations are unique and require special consideration. However, a lot of the time things...

A fundamental concept behind the operation of alternating current systems is that voltage and current waveforms will be sinusoidal – a Sine Wave. This...

The robot folding towels post below was interesting enough at the time to post a link.  Recently I’ve come across a couple of other interesting videos...

Fault calculations are one of the most common types of calculation carried out during the design and analysis of electrical systems. These calculations...