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    Physiological Effect of Current

    If your finger was to come into contact with a ‘live’ 240 volt 50 Hz conductor in a wiring installation with earthed neutral (assume you have dry unbroken skin, rubber-soled boots standing on a wooden floor) – it would hurt! It would seem from my calculations that taking into account the...
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    Percentage Impedance vs Percentage Voltage Regulation

    With regard to calculating load sharing when paralleling transformers, and calculating short-circuit fault currents, how similar is Percentage Voltage Regulation (given with respect to full-load voltage) to Percentage Impedance? I know how both quantities can be found by experiment/calculation...
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    Picture/Description of Blowout coil on DC cct Breaker

    I need to explain to a class how a blow-out coil works. I have a basic understanding of it (eg. coil energised by load I, two pole plates, arc attracted to it), but I need a more detailed description or clear picture showing how it works.

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