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There is much to be gained from using DC rather
than AC as primary input for LEDs. Phil Kreveld
explains the technicalities.
Rebecca Mair regales Electrical Connection with
the story of her journey as a female electrician.
Battery testing and charging for substations and
electric traction can be challenging.
Vision can so oftern be taken for granted but as Dr
Bernie Crimmins explains, it defintely shouldn’t be.
CONNECTION
ELECTRICAL
Regulars
Features
Electrical estimators must beware of detrimental clauses in
tender documents. Brian Seymour explains the risks.
Wes McKnight believes apprentices are the future. Teach
them well and let them lead the way.
For school-leavers around the country who don’t wish to
pursue a university career, being an electrician is a very
promising career. It just turns out that nobody remembered
to tell the students that.
TAKING CONTROL
Home and building
automation is a very
real part of the electrical
industry of tomorrow.
What you may not
realise is that it is also a
big player today.
The IEEE has ratified the 802.3bz Standard for
Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control
Parameters, Physical Layers and Management
Parameters for 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps Operation.
After much deliberation, the ISO/IEC AIM
Standard has been ratified.