Depending where in the world you work, you are likely following one of two standards International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) National...

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...

In electrical engineering, Network Theory is the study of how to solve circuit problems. By analyzing circuits, the engineer looks to determine the various...

Cable insulation is used to provide electrical separation between conductors of  a cable.  During the historical development of cables, numerous types...

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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...

Straight forward list of some common motor faults.  If I have missed any other common faults, please take a bit of time to add them in as a comment below...

Most installations involve some form of lightning protection system which is connected to an earth electrode.  The function of the earth electrode is to...

Often us engineers get so bogged down in equations, using software, producing drawings and writing specifications that this becomes the sole focus.   ...

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...