Steel ladders, trays and baskets form the backbone of cable containment systems. Often these items need some form of surface treatment to prevent corrosion...
I received this question by email a few weeks. First thoughts was that it is a product of the mathematics of rotating a straight conductor in a magnetic...
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...
For the past few years I have reading eBooks on my HTC touch phone. On and off I have debated buying an eReader and recently purchased a Sony PRS-300 ...
Coils of wire on the rotor carry a d.c. current which generates a magnetic field. A stator magnetic field is created using either permanent magnets or...
When selecting a generator, there are inherent limits on the active and reactive power which can be delivered. Generators are normally sized for a certain...
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...
Current transformers (CTs) are used to convert high level currents to a smaller more reasonable level for use as inputs to protection relays and metering...
Depending where in the world you work, you are likely following one of two standards International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) National...
Most installations involve some form of lightning protection system which is connected to an earth electrode. The function of the earth electrode is to...
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