Power outages due to inherent vulnerability to transient short circuit circumstances
A power outage (also called a power cut, a power out, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss...
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Eur Ing Dr. Robert Brown
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Welcome to the blog of Dr. Robert Brown is an expert witness in the fields of electrical, electronic and control engineering. A renowned expert in the operation and design of electrical fuses, circuit breakers and other electrical fault protection systems, specialising in how these devices operate in domestic and industrial systems.
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robertbrown07
- Jan 12, 2022
- 2 min
Surge Protection Device (SPD)
What are Surge Protective Devices? Surge Protective Devices (SPD) are used to protect sensitive electronic equipment such as, computers,...
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robertbrown07
- Jan 11, 2022
- 1 min
Safety First - Angling equipment and overhead electrical power lines
Every year cases are reported of angling equipment contacting overhead electric power lines. Some have resulted in horrific burn injuries...
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robertbrown07
- Jan 3, 2022
- 1 min
Happy New Year from Fraser George and Associates
Fraser George are a specialist scientific research house, concentrating on the understanding of fundamental electrical phenomenon with...
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robertbrown07
- Dec 28, 2021
- 5 min
Audio speaker cable
For optimum sound performance of an audio system, is it necessary to use expensive ‘stranded’ copper wire or could standard domestic...
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robertbrown07
- Dec 21, 2021
- 3 min
Pioneers of Electrical/Electronic Engineering - Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (1706 - 1790)
Benjamin FranklinFRS FRSA FRSE (1706 - 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman,...
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robertbrown07
- Dec 8, 2021
- 1 min
Consequences,..?? Who's fault ??,.. who'll pay?
Eur Ing Dr Robert Brown (Robert) is the Executive Director of Fraser George and Associates Limited and is a Consultant and Forensic...
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robertbrown07
- Nov 30, 2021
- 1 min
New website
Introducing the new website for Fraser George and Associates Limited,.. parent company of Eur Ing Dr Robert E Brown. An investment to...
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robertbrown07
- Nov 22, 2021
- 6 min
Electrical Transients, Power Surges, ‘Spikes’ in Electrical Systems
A guide for insurance loss adjusters and legal professionals From fundamental principles of electricity to causation circumstances and...
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robertbrown07
- Nov 15, 2021
- 5 min
Electrical Protection Devices
Electrical protection devices are specially design components, which are incorporated within an electrical system to protect the system...
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robertbrown07
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
Electrical Energy Consumption Meters
This short article attempts to enlighten on the subject of electrical energy, what it is, how its measured, how much (quantum) do we use...
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robertbrown07
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Women: Pioneers of Electrical/Electronic Engineering - Edith Clarke (1883 – 1959)
Edith Clarke was the first woman to be professionally employed as an electrical engineer in the United States, and also the first female...
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robertbrown07
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Women: Pioneers of Electrical/Electronic Engineering - Hertha Ayrton (1854 –1923)
Hertha Ayrton was a British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor, and was awarded the Hughes Medal by the Royal Society for...
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robertbrown07
- Oct 22, 2021
- 1 min
Possibly the electrician in this case was nervous of non compliance.
BS7671 Requirements for Electrical Installations - Regulation 522.8.4 "Where the conductors or cables are not supported continuously due...
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robertbrown07
- Oct 19, 2021
- 1 min
Fag packet notes,..always good for reference, ... No 1. Electrical Fuses
Eur Ing Dr Robert Brown (Robert) is the Executive Director of Fraser George and Associates Limited and is a Consultant and Forensic...
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robertbrown07
- Oct 17, 2021
- 2 min
Women Pioneers of Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Hedy Lamar (Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler (191
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American film actress and inventor, most famous for her role as Delilah in Cecil B. DeMille's film ...
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robertbrown07
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Electrical/Electronic inventions that changed the world - The Battery (1799)
A battery or ‘cell’ is a device that converts chemical energy into electrical energy. When two are more cells are joined together in such...
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robertbrown07
- Sep 27, 2021
- 1 min
Rudiments of Electronics - Basic Transistor Amplifiers
Eur Ing Dr Robert Brown (Robert) is the Executive Director of Fraser George and Associates Limited and is a Consultant and Forensic...
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robertbrown07
- Sep 20, 2021
- 2 min
Electrical/Electronic inventions that changed the world - The Incandescent Light Bulb (1835)
Decade before Thomas Edison filed a patent for his electric lamp, Scotsman James Bowman Lindsey (1799-1862) produced constant electrical...
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robertbrown07
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
Multiple earths and earth loops, ... a problem ?
Eur Ing Dr Robert Brown (Robert) is the Executive Director of Fraser George and Associates Limited and is a Consultant and Forensic...
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