The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.
The windings of many medium and small sized transformers are protected by restricted earth fault (REF) systems. The illustration shows the principal of...
I've been considering a blog on the 110 or 230 Volt issue for a while. While browsing the Internet I came across a great summary by Borat over at engineering...
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...
Various techniques exist to enable the correct selection of batteries for UPS applications. The procedure described below is one of the more common. ...
GE have put together a time-lapse video shown flight take-off and landings at some airports. An interesting view:
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...
When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...
The mobile phone was born in 1973. They were the size of a brick and weighed a couple of kg, making them difficult to fit into your pocket. At a few thousand...
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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