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Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism.

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What is difference between ac series motor and dc series motor?

AC series motor uses the electric current to run the motor. Whereas DC motor uses the battery power to run it.

Answer

An a.c. series motor is termed a 'universal motor', because it will run on either a.c. or d.c. A.C. series motors are constructed in essentially the same way.

What is high voltage direct current?

I reckon this is mostly found in a wire connected to the picture tube of your TV. A flashligh battery is 1.5 volts. The DC on your pic tube may be 25 thousands volts or more. Also, the term HVDC is a method of utility power transmission where buried cables use very high voltage DC instead of the usual AC to supply power over long distances. See the related question.

Chorded windings are used in induction motors because?

Its the simplest way to reduce the harmonic induction torque(i.e. by weakening the stator winding mmf harmonics)

How do you calculate the total input current from a 3-phase power source when the current from each phase is known?

Add them up

Answer

There is no 'total' current in a three-phase system. The current flowing in each line (not 'phase') is considered separately. And you most definitely don't 'add them up'!

What would cause a 3 phase motor to switching rotational direction?

I'm not--NOT--an electrician, so take this with a grain of salt (or a milli-amp). But, it seems to me that maybe the wiring on the phases is backwards. Maybe switching two of the main wires will reverse the direction. Oh, and stand back when you plug it in.

What is a Bourdon tube gauge?

A Bourdon Gauge is a pressure indicator, it works with a "C" shaped tube oval in cross section that tries to straighten under pressure. When the tube tries to straighten it pulls on a connecting arm which turns a needle that is against a card that states the pressure. A bourdon gauge lets you know when a stoem is headed your way.It is like a warning tool because it lets you know early so you can prepare for the storm.

What is the Transformer Breather?

A transformer breather is an acessory of an oil filled type transformer which is attached into the oil conservator tank; this serves as the breathing point of the unit, that when the insulating oil of the transformer gets heated up, it expands and goes back to the conservator tank and subsequently pushes the dry air out of the conservator tank through the breather which is filled with silica gel, when the oil cools down, it retracts and sucks fresh air from the athmosphere through the breather and from this point, the silica gel dries up the air that goes back in to the conservator tank.

for a better understanding have a look at the following pic:

http://www.csanyigroup.com/wp-content/uploads/posts/transformer-oil-diagnostics/img-1.jpg

How does a ct work?

As current flows through a conductor (wire) an electromagnetic field is produced. A CT is just a coil of wire that surrounds the conductor with the current flow. The EMF produced induces a voltage in the CT and that is sensed by some type of device to determine the amount of current in the primary conductor. Usually used when a large current is fed through the primary and you want to know what that is without measuring it directly. ADDITIONAL: THE MOST NEGLECTED ANSWER SPECIALLY IN DEFINING THE PURPOSE AND USE OF INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS (CURRENT AND POTENTIAL OR VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER) IS PROTECTION.

Why short circuiting rings are used in squirrel cage motor?

Squirrel Cage motor is a kind of Induction Motor. The reason an induction motor sometimes refered to a rotating transformer is because the stator (Primary windings in a transformer), which is powered to set up a magnetic field induces a current in the armature coils (secondar coils in a transformer). However, instead of giving an electrical power output, the coil is short circuited to produce mechanical output (torque in this case)

If a 240V circuit is protected by a 15A simi-enclosed fused and has an electrical earth-fault loop impedance of 1.9 ohms determine the earth fault current in the event of a zero impedance earth fault?

I am assuming that its a 240 Volt AC circuit supplying an inductive load with a fault loop impedance of 1.9 ohms at the time of the short circuit. The power factor is assumed to be 0.8

The instantaneous earth fault current value would be;

Current = (Voltage x Power Factor) / Impedance

(240 x 0.8) / 1.9

192 / 1.9

= 101 Amps.

However this may be a trick question as it doesn't ask for an instantaneous value, the fuse will limit the fault current to 15 amps and should disconnect the circuit within 0.4 seconds.

Why the rotor of an alternator at rated power dissipates more heat at a low power factor load?

In an alternator, the load current is supplied by the stator and the excitation is applied to the rotor. When the power factor is low (lagging), more excitation is required to maintain rated output voltage at rated current. More excitation is also required to maintain rated output voltage with increased output current. Increased excitation current means increased rotor losses that must be dissipated as heat.

(akash)

What are potential transformer?

potential transformer is that which transforms one range of voltage (potential difference ) to another range without changing frequency.

Answer

A 'potential transformer' is the North American term for what, elsewhere, is called a 'voltage transformer'. It, together with a current transformer, belongs to a class of transformers known as 'instrument transformers'.

Potential transformers are used to (1) reduce the value of a high-voltage supply to a lower value (often 120 V) so that it may be read by ordinary voltmeters, and (2) to electrically-isolate the voltmeter from the high-voltage source for the purpose of safety.

In electricity substations, potential transformers are also used to provide an input to certain types of protective relay.

How Paper presentation in IEEE format on data mining?

hi sir actually i'm preparing first time for taking participant for paper presentation so,i want help about the topics data mining.plz help......

Can you use a regular compact fluorescent bulb in a 2-way desk lamp ie it has 'I' and 'II' brightness levels?

The GE website says the following regarding 3-way lamps:

"GE does make CFL bulbs for use in 3-way lamps. Check the package for this application. If a regular CFL is use in a 3-way switch, it will work on the middle (medium) setting and it should not damage the bulb. The 3-way switch does not alter the performance of the bulb."

There don't appear to be 2-way CFLs in existence, so I don't know what this means for a 2-way lamp. Will it damage the bulb (ballast?) to be using a regular CFL in a 2-way? How would it actually work in that situation? I don't know because I don't understand the mechanics of a CFL and how these 2-brightness lights work. Hopefully someone else can shed some light! (ha)

What is the electrical symbol for a receptacle with an Ethernet port?

The symbol will look like it can fit in your Ethernet cable. It will have an opening just big enough for it.

What is making capacity of a circuit breaker?

Hard to define... A four year old child has the strength to physically "make" a typical household circuit breaker, while a teen would be able to "make" a typical industrial circuit breaker. (The latter breaker being physically much larger than the former.) Circuit breakers have their "breaking capacity" rated in AMPS. A typical household breaker is rated at 20, 30 or 50 Amps. Industrial breakers might be rated at 500 amps or a thousand or even more. Hope this helps but if it didn't answer your question, please rephrase it and ask again.

What is DP Cell?

It is a device that measures the differential pressure between two inputs.

Example:

You have a pressure container where you connect the H-side (high) of the DP-cell. The L-side (low) you leave in the atmosphere (open air). The DP-cell will tell you the pressure in the pressure container relative to atmosphere pressure. Depending on what class the DP-cell is, it will give you feedback with a current signal. Normal in Europe is 4-20 mA, where 4 is lowest and 20 is highest.

1 volt is equals to?

The work to be done to bring a unit positive charge from infinity to a point in an electric field exists which is having a magnitude unity and direction opposite to the movement of the unit charge.

What is magnetic relunctance?

Reluctance is the opposition offered by a magnetic circuit to the formation of magnetic flux. It is equivalent to resistance in an electric circuit.

Reluctance is the ratio of a magnetic circuit's magnetomotive force (measured in amperes) to its magnetic flux(measured in webers, pronounced 'vay-bers'). So, reluctance is measured in amperes per weber (which is often 'spoken' as 'ampere-turns per weber'). This is equivalent, in an electric circuit, to the ratio: electomotive force to electric current.

GFCI breaker tripping if 480 volt conductors are pulled in same conduit could this cause GFCI to trip?

If you don't know how to test and fix fault conditions as you have described you should not be doing what you are doing. Any work on a circuit carrying 480 Volts is potentially very dangerous. Unless you are a licensed electrician don't even attempt it!

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As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.

Before you do any work yourself,

on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,

always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB

SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY

REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.