Voltage Outputs and Number of Ballasts

Hi everyone, I have a customer with a complain about the output min voltage that varies with the number of ballasts that he wires in parallel to an 0-10V output from one of our dimming controller. Here is his observation: "We are having some problems at a jobsite. We are using a Douglas ALC3-BCM 0-1

Beyond BIOS: GUI Meets EFI

ASUSTek is on the verge of releasing a graphic user interface (GUI) BIOS for all users of the P5Q motherboard series. The new type of BIOS called an Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) makes the transition from an older keyboard driven environment to something so much more appealing and easier t

Classic Cars: Karl H. Martin's Wasp

What's amazing about automotive history is that in the first half of the 20th Century, when gazillions of backyard tinkerers thought they could be the next Henry Ford, there were automotive factories scattered all over the country, in just about every town that had an enterprising blacksmith.

Gingerbread Houses Designed by Architects

From Neatorama:

Sure, anyone can make a gingerbread house. But what would be the result if it was built by true professionals? The Vancouver-based art collective Creative Room held a charity art competition and asked for contributions by architectural firms. Their task was to bu

Dec. 21, 1898: The Curies Discover Radium

From Wired Top Stories:

1898: Radium is discovered by the husband-and-wife team of Pierre and Marie Curie. Sorbonne-bred physicist Pierre Curie had been noodling with crystals and magnetism since the early 1880s. He was a professor at the School of Physics in Paris when one of h

What Do You Need?

Every month there are symposia and conferences having to do with automation. There is also online training from numerous organizations. With all of these options, is there still something missing? Detail a training program or course that would help you do your job — one you haven't found onlin

Are You Feeling It?

JPMorgan's latest business report is showing light at the end of the manufacturing tunnel, with new orders and output increasing for the past five months. Is the upward trend real and will it continue?

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Capacitor Ratings

We use capacitor of 5.6KVr for 16KVA transformer and 7KVr for 20KVA transformer.

Please tell me how we calculate the KVr ratings of a Capacitors.

Can I use Capacitor of 7kVr for both 16KVA and 20KVA transformers?

What is Anodised Aluminum?

When I first started work in the electrical trade there were switches and sockets that had metal plates brightly finished with a hard decorative coating (plated, painted - or whatever) in various basic colours - red - blue - green - bronze - etc, and they were described as 'anodised aluminium'.

MS-DOS Commands

Dear Friends;

We have some HMI PCs at our old machine which have MS Dos. I have experience in working with Windows but don't know about commands for MS Dos. I want to know how to;

1) Check files in Hard disk.

2) Copy or paste the files.

3) System in