Category Archives: alternating current

A Division in Voltage Standards

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Fernando Gomes

During my recent trip to Europe, I found out that converters were not as commonly sold as adapters, and for a good reason. The majority of the world receives 220-240 V single phase voltage at 50-60 Hz with the surprisingly small number of exceptions being Canada, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan, the …read more

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Spin Me Right Round, Baby: Generator Building Experiments for Mere Mortals

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Fernando Gomes

How many of you plan to build a wind-powered generator in the next year? Okay, both of you can put your hands down. Even if you don’t want to wind your coils manually, learning about the principles in an electric generator might spark your interest. There is a lot of …read more

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