Short circuit triggers fire at Balasore District Headquarters Hospital, store room gutted

A fire erupted early Saturday morning at the Balasore DHH, damaging a housekeeping storeroom before firefighters quickly ...
Electronic Design

Protecting Flybacks Against Short Circuits

For the PDF version of this article, including diagrams and/or equations, click here. In any off-line flyback converter design, it is possible that the output ...
FOX31 Denver

Students are deliberately short-circuiting school laptops as part of social media trend

DENVER (KDVR) — School district officials have had enough as a social media trend directing students to short-circuit their school-issued laptops sparked a half-dozen fires in the past week. Officials ...
Electrical Construction & Maintenance

Overcurrent Protection Basics

Courtesy of www.MikeHolt.com. Based on the 2020 NEC. Article 240 provides the requirements for overcurrent protection and selecting/installing overcurrent protective ...
EDN

How active short circuit bolsters protection in 48-V MHEVs

Have you ever wondered why a car’s city fuel economy is always lower than its highway fuel economy? Most cars spend a lot of time stopping or traveling at low speeds, especially in a city. Start-stop ...
EDN

Isolation transformer is short-circuit proof

Short-circuit proof, the Model A-15633 isolation transformer features Class 180 insulation and built-in thermal-overload protection. The transformer's 1/4-in. quick-connect terminals provide reliable ...