Problems on achieving maximum voltage drop within an installation come up often. Depending where you live, local regulations will have different limits...

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...

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...

I think this post is going to be helpful to several of our readers. While the IEC low voltage circuit breaker Standard [IEC 60947-2, Low voltage switchgear...

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The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.

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...

Three phase systems are derived from three separate windings, either connected in delta or star (wye). Each winding can be treated separately, leading...

Just added a page to the tools, which will allow you to calculate the synchronous speed, slip and rated torque for an induction motor. Not a particularly...

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