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Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development platform and see how it stacked up. This... read more..
When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried out to ensure that any cable is able to withstand ... read more..
Sometimes it’s useful to be able to quickly lookup a piece of technical information. This note is a collection of information related to motors, and in...
Often document control is dictated by project requirements, for example a particular organisation may have an existing numbering system. Existing company...
The windings of many medium and small sized transformers are protected by restricted earth fault (REF) systems. The illustration shows the principal of...
This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...
HTML supports a variety of entity symbols which can be entered using either numbers or an entity name. The number or name is preceded by the ‘&’ sign...
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...
Multimeters are undoubtedly the most common item of electrical test equipment in use. Often it is the first piece of equipment people will turn to when...
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...
Fault calculations are one of the most common types of calculation carried out during the design and analysis of electrical systems. These calculations...
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