It's been a busy few months on different projects or busy couple of decades depending on how I look at it. I can say that on the odd (frequent) occasion...

Modelica is an open source (free) software language for modelling complex systems. Having never used it before, I thought I would download a development...

Dielectrics (insulating materials for example) when subjected to a varying electric field, will have some energy loss.   The varying electric field causes...

Fire resistant and fire retardant cable sheaths are design to resist combustion and limit the propagation of flames. Low smokes cables have a sheath designed...

If your are ever called out to troubleshoot something on your electrical system, one of the first things consider is the supply voltage. You want to ensure...

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The calculation of current in a three phase system has been brought up on our site feedback and is a discussion I seem to get involved in every now and...

Working in the vicinity of electrical equipment poses an hazard. In addition to electric shock hazard, fault currents passing through air causes Arc Flash...

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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...