A recurring theme on our forums is cable sizing. Now many installations are unique and require special consideration. However, a lot of the time things...
When current flows within a wire, a magnetic field is created. The potion of this magnetic field perpendicular to the wire is called the magnetic flux...
If you are wondering what happened to our cable notes, the short answer is that we have moved them to myCableEngineering.com. The "Knowledge Base" at...
Within Europe the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) has standardised the both the designation and colour of cables. ...
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...
A quick post in connection with an email question: Live Tank - the circuit breaker the switching unit is located in an insulator bushing which is live...
I have been thinking recently that there appears to be less professional integrity around than when I first started my career in electrical engineering...
Using software in our work is essential for most of us and we are becoming even more dependant on it's use. While software is a great asset, many times...
We've been sending out Newsletters on a regular basis for a few weeks now. To do this we have been using Google's Feedburner service. While Feedburner...
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...
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