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I have been thinking recently that there appears to be less professional integrity around than when I first started my career in electrical engineering...
I was having a conversation the other day about voltage levels. While everyone was in agreement that low voltage was 1000 V and less, there was more confusion...
If you have no idea how electrical circuits work, or what people mean then they talk about volts and amps, hopefully I can shed a bit light. I’m intending...
Problems on achieving maximum voltage drop within an installation come up often. Depending where you live, local regulations will have different limits...
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