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Two driverless and solar power vans have departed from Italy on their way to China via the silk road. During the 13,000 kM trip the vans will drive themselves on standard roads. The hope is that this wi... read more..
Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...
Motor starting and its associated problems are well-known to many people who have worked on large industrial processes. However, these things are, of course...
The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.
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...
In a previous article I looked at the dc resistance of conductors and in this article we turn our attention to ac resistance. If you have not read the...
Collection of links to various places with useful motor information. I’ll try and return to the page every now and again to update it with any motor notes...
The correct sizing of current transformers is required to ensure satisfactory operation of measuring instruments and protection relays. Several methods...
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...
Nikola Tesla was born exactly at midnight on July 10, 1856 in the tiny village of Smiljan, Lika in Croatia. In his late teens, Tesla left the village to...
If you have no idea how electrical circuits work, or what people mean then they talk about volts and amps, hopefully I can shed a bit light. I’m intending...
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