Electrical Engineering

CONDUIT BODIES AND COVERS Conduit bodies are tubular hardware units with openings at each end to admit EMC conduit and cavities that are large enough to give the installer access to the ends of wires or cables so they can be pulled out and easily be redirected if necessary. These bodies are available in different […]

Indoor metal and nonmetallic conduit can keep dust and moisture out of wiring and protect it from mechanical abrasion. Short sections can protect wiring close to the floor used to power washing machines and clothes dryers in damp basements. These sections must be anchored to masonry walls where there are no wood studs for supporting

INSULATED WIRE CODING The wire manufacturers’wire markings give: Wire gauge Maximum voltage rating Insulation code (R for thermoset, T for thermoplastic, X for cross-linked polyethylene thermoset) Maximum temperature code (H for 75°C, HH for 90°C, nothing for 60°C) Abbreviation for sheath if present (e.g., N for nylon) The identification codes for wires with thermoplastic insulation

Miniature circuit breakers perform the dual functions of a switch and a fuse. They can open a circuit for safety or maintenance reasons simply by switching their toggle levers to the OFF position. As substitutes for fuses, they provide automatic circuit protection and need not be replaced after a dangerous overcurrent has passed or a

Although overhead distribution system is losing favor in residential areas, it is still widely used in many parts of the country, particularly in towns and rural areas. Nevertheless, overhead distribution still has many economic and technical advantage Old or faulty transformers on existing poles can easily be replaced and new transformers can be added on

A well-designed underground distribution systems must provide for anticipated load growth that can be accommodated economically. This means that provisions must be made to furnish electrical service to new as well as existing customers. Both overhead and underground distribution systems have existed in large metropolitan areas for many years, but underground distribution was rarely used

The primary distribution system is that part of the electric distribution system between the distribution substation and distribution transformers. It is made up of circuits called primary feeders or distribution feeders.These feeders include the primary feeder main or main feeder, usually a three-phase, four-wire circuit, and branches or laterals, which can be either three-phase or

Distribution substations serve a wide range of private and public customers in distributing electric power. They can be shareholder, cooperatively, privately, and government owned. All substations contain power transformers and the voltage-regulating apparatus required for converting the high incoming subtransmission voltages to lower primary system voltages and maintaining them within specified voltage tolerances. Those voltages,

ransformer is a static electrical component with no moving parts that is used for stepping voltage up or down or isolating one circuit from another. Transformers have the ability to convert low-voltage, high-current AC to high-voltage, low-current AC, or vice versa, with minimal energy losses. Minimizing energy losses is critical in all power generation, transmission,

The power generation and energy is back bone of every country to survice in this world. there are a lot of types of power generation , Electricity generation is the process of generating electrical power from other sources of primary energy. The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s