What is a Capacitor Trip Device?
Capacitor trip device [CTD] or capacitor trip unit [CTU] is a device that provide DC source of energy for circuit…
What is Separately and Non-Separately Derived System?
A separately derived system is an electrical system in which the service phase (hot) and neutral conductors has no electrical…
What is Main Bonding Jumper and Neutral Disconnect Link?
Main Bonding Jumper [MBJ] is used to connect switchboard neutral bus and switchboard ground bus. MBJ is a very critical…
Over temperature protection using RTD
Temperature is the most common cause behind power system device damage. Expensive devices such as motors and transformers can have…
HOW DOES CT OPEN CIRCUIT PROTECTOR WORK?
Open circuiting secondary side of current transformer [CT] can lead to dangerous voltage build up that can eventually lead to…
Motor Over Temperature Protection
Temperature kills motors. Temperature is the most common cause behind motor damage. A 10-degree centigrade increase in insulation temperature decrease…
Three Phase Current Metering using Two Current Transformers
It is possible to do three phase current measurement using just two current transformers (CT) in electrical systems with neutrals…
WHY ARE CT SHORTING BLOCKS USED?
Current Transformer [CT] shorting blocks are used to bypass CT secondary current flowing to the connected device by inserting a…
WHY DO HIGH VOLTAGE CABLES NEED TERMINATION?
Modern high and medium voltage cables [HV and MV] are precisely engineered components key to safe and efficient distribution of…
POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT AND TRANSFORMER LOADING
POWER FACTOR BASICS Power factor for an AC circuit operating with sinusoidal waveform is defined as the cosine angle between…