We have had the Wiki with us for a long time now, but at last I have decided to say bye bye – more details on why below.

When selecting a cable, the performance of the cable under fault conditions is an important consideration. It is important that calculations be carried...

Steel ladders, trays and baskets form the backbone of cable containment systems. Often these items need some form of surface treatment to prevent corrosion...

The IET site has a video of a visit showing of a high tech meeting room developed at Napier University in Edinburgh. It a good demonstration of innovative...

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...

Induction motors are frequently used in both industrial and domestic applications.  Within the induction motor, an electrical current in the rotor is induced...

It wasn't so long ago I was telling someone that I don't use rules of thumb as most things are easily calculated anyhow.   As it turns out I last week...

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...

Everything physical in electrical engineering from insulations to conductors revolves around materials. Here we are listing common materials along with...

Fault calculations are one of the most common types of calculation carried out during the design and analysis of electrical systems. These calculations...