For electricity to flow, everything needs to be connected in a big ring. It’s called a circuit. For example, the lights in most houses and flats are part of a circuit controlled by the consumer unit, ...

Motors differ from other types of loads in one important way: The motor needs much more current to start than to run. This temporary, but significant, inrush current is what complicates motor circuit ...

The rules of the National Electrical Code are written for people who have a pre-existing knowledge of electricity. In order to make sense of the Code, you must first understand basic electrical ...

Across the entire sphere of electronics and electrical engineering, there aren’t many principles that are as fundamental as Ohm’s Law.  Named after the ...

The first question that you might ask is: How can all of the items above be ground? The answer is simple: None of them are. Ground is the one place in an electronic system that is a reference point ...