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Estimating maximum demand is a topic frequently discussed. Working out how much power to allow for a building can be very subjective . Allowing too much power results in additional equipment, increased ... read more..
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 use of technology, genuinely interesting to wat... read more..
Dielectrics (insulating materials for example) when subjected to a varying electric field, will have some energy loss. The varying electric field causes...
Famed English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in Newington Butts, a suburb of Surrey just south of the London Bridge...
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Resistors are electronic components that oppose the flow of current. Manufactured in various types and ranges they have a wide application to electronics...
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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...
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...
If you want to check a circuit is dead (not live), you should always use the three point method. First check a known live circuit, then check the dead...
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...
In the previous note we looked at the approach taken by the standard to the sizing of cables and illustrated this with an example. We then looked at one...
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