Resistors are electronic components that oppose the flow of current. Manufactured in various types and ranges they have a wide application to electronics...
Years ago I was told that you should always try to write the best report you can. Many years later I still think on this as one of the better pieces of...
The inventor of the first visible light-emitting diode makes history again this year as it begins to show customers a 40-watt replacement GE Energy Smart...
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...
While there are a vast array of cable insulation materials, these are often divided into two general types; Thermoplastic or Thermosetting. For example...
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...
Working in the vicinity of electrical equipment poses an hazard. In addition to electric shock hazard, fault currents passing through air causes Arc Flash...
The following tables provide quick order of magnitude fault levels for a a range of typical low voltage situations.
Collection of links to various places with useful motor information. I’ll try and return to the page every now and again to update it with any motor notes...
HTML supports a variety of entity symbols which can be entered using either numbers or an entity name. The number or name is preceded by the ‘&’ sign...
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