How you get electric shocks

I have sent a lengthy article to this blog some time back on how a person can happen to get electrical shock. However, some readers complained that it was too long that they have difficulties finding what they want to read about. Therefore, I have decided to write a few short articles on subtitles covered by that post for the benefits of casual readers who are looking for only certain very

Lightning protection specifications

The following provides some example specifications that can be used in a contract for the installation of the lightning protection system in a multi-storey office building.GeneralThe installation of the Lightning Protection must comply with the specifications below, and the information given in the accompanying drawings, but in any case must always be in accordance with the British Standard Code

Temporary Electrical Installations

This post will present you with pictures of temporary electrical installations, the temporary switchboards (at this post, Temporary electrical switchboard), temporary electrical DB, temporary cables and poles.

The post is open ended. I will keep adding more pictures and comments when I find something that I think the readers will be interested in.

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Lightning Protection System: An Overview

From the outset, a lightning seems far removed from an electrical system. Yet the protection from lightning strikes and from the damages caused by surges due to lightning strikes is an integral part of any electrical installation.Men since the ancient times believed that a lightning strike was a demonstration of God's power, which He used as a weapon to punish those who commit great sins on

Home Electrical Installation - How it works

In this article I will explain the skeleton of how a home electrical installation works. The content of this article is very basic. It is not for technicians or engineers. It is for those people who have been using electricity all their lives without knowing at all how it works, how it causes fire or how it kills people.The electrical current that goes into our homes come from the electricity