How often installations are inspected is up to the owner of the installation, provided such durations do not exceed any regulatory maximums in force. ...

The other day I was reading 'Night of the New Magicians' by Mary Pope Osborn with my son.  The story is about a young boy and girl who travel back in time...

The image (reproduced from IEC 60909) shows a typical fault in an ac system.  From the illustration it can seen that there is an initial dc component ...

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Low voltage (LV) switchrooms are common across all industries and one of the more common spatial requirements which need to be designed into a project...

Following on from my post on railway electrification voltages, I thought an introduction to traction substations would be a good idea. Traction substations...

I was reminded of Occam's Razor while reading a book. It's quite a simple principal of logic which has stood the test of time and is accepted as central...

For unbalance conditions the calculation of fault currents is more complex. One method of dealing with this is symmetrical components. Using symmetrical...

We have had the Wiki with us for a long time now, but at last I have decided to say bye bye – more details on why below.

Depending where in the world you work, you are likely following one of two standards International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) National...