This post is quick introduction and overview to different railway electrification voltages used in answer to a question sent in via email. While there...

Within Europe the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) has standardised the both the designation and colour of cables.   ...

Carrying out a protection system discrimination study is critical to ensure the correct functioning of  the electrical system in the event of faults. ...

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...

Lamps are the essential part of any luminaire. These are the light generating components. Since the advent of electrical lighting in the middle of the...

I have been thinking recently that there appears to be less professional integrity around than when I first started my career in electrical engineering...

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...

In an earlier note on the site [Photovoltaic (PV) - Electrical Calculations], the theory of solar (PV) cell calculations was introduced.  In particular...

The robot folding towels post below was interesting enough at the time to post a link.  Recently I’ve come across a couple of other interesting videos...

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...