Electricity comes in two basic forms: Alternating Current (AC) and Direct Current (DC). DC is handy to use and is easy to analyze. However, AC has some useful properties too. In particular, AC current ...

Electrical energy is supplied by the grid as AC, yet most devices that we use require DC power, meaning that AC/DC power supplies that make this conversion are one of the most common loads placed on ...

If you want to convert one voltage to another, what do you do? Well, if you are talking DC voltages today, you’ll probably use a DC to DC converter. Really, these converters generate some sort of AC ...

Zero voltage switching in power-conversion applications holds the key to efficiency improvements. Here we look at how ZVS-based designs can deliver those improvements across the widest possible load ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...

Overhead wires on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour corridors are 17 times more powerful as CR completed its conversion from DC to AC traction on Sunday Overhead wires on the Harbour and Trans-Harbour ...

MUMBAI: The Central Railway successfully completed the conversion of the overhead power supply system from 1500 Volt DC to 25,000 Volt AC traction on the rail route connecting CST and Thane. This ...