Technical tips for electricians.
Hi All It has been a while since the last newsletter, but we are back on track and with the New Year well underway, I thought we could start with a simple, but very useful, application to monitor a circuit. Most of you would have come across a piece of equipment failure where you wish …
Well it has been a while since the last post and I thought we will kick off this post on the above topic. We may have touched on this in the past, but we will look at a bit more detail and how to draw up the documents. Let’s start with the Functional Description (FD) …
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Time for another post but this time we will take a look at something entirely different. Quite often we tend to venture into our own contracting business thinking that we will be able to get out there, do a good job and at the same time make a healthy profit on our work. Absolutely nothing …
In our last newsletter we had a look at the Alpha Controller and some of the functions. This time, let’s have a look at a possible application of the unit. You need to monitor the runtime of a motor which is supposed to run for a maximum of x seconds (x = time you want …
Thought I will get the post in a bit early this week. As with the previous post, please click on the link below to view the post. Hope you are having a great week! Basic Electrical Circuits D2
Time for a new post and this time we will do a little bit on the domestic type installations again. You may need to click on the topic to open it as There are quite a few sketches this time which makes it a bit harder to post. Hope you enjoy it! Basic Electrical Circuit …
Using Logic Blocks to Program
Time for another post and I think we should touch on this topic again; using logic when we have to fault find a circuit. Before we go on, just a reminder; if you have not had time to check it out yet, don’t forget to get your copy of: Manual for Electricians Volume 1. Find …
Hi All. It is time for another post and it may be a good time to link the PLC into the circuit to see how it will affect your fault finding skills. As the PLC becomes more popular on an installation, it is necessary for us to have a better understanding of what to do …
Came across a different motor the other day and thought this may be useful. Even though I decided to throw this in under Fault Finding, it is more a motor connection topic. Reason for me putting it here is that I happened to walk in when the motor in question was being tested. On starting …