Cable insulation is used to provide electrical separation between conductors of a cable. During the historical development of cables, numerous types...
Famed English chemist and physicist Michael Faraday was born on September 22, 1791, in Newington Butts, a suburb of Surrey just south of the London Bridge...
Alternating current (a.c.) is the backbone of modern electrical power distribution. In this article I’ll be pulling some of the more important concepts...
Following on from my post on railway electrification voltages, I thought an introduction to traction substations would be a good idea. Traction substations...
The (relatively new) switchgear and control gear standard, IEC 61439 'Low-voltage switchgear and controlgear assemblies' has three methods which can be...
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...
Fire resistant and fire retardant cable sheaths are design to resist combustion and limit the propagation of flames. Low smokes cables have a sheath designed...
ABB has produced a range of technical guides that offer concise explanations of the major technologies and technical issues in low voltage AC drives. ...
Problems on achieving maximum voltage drop within an installation come up often. Depending where you live, local regulations will have different limits...
Depending where in the world you work, you are likely following one of two standards International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) National...
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