Submitted Questions

  • Device Protection

    Give examples of circuit protecting device apart from fuse, circuit beaker, relays, lighting arrestor, switch gears.

    Justin

    • May 5th, 2013

    A zener diode, for smaller amounts of voltage regulation.

    gorakh anna pandhre

    • Apr 18th, 2013

    Opoto-isolaters

  • Transformer Humming

    What causes transformer humming?

    Krishna Kant Gupta

    • Mar 13th, 2012

    Humming sound in the transformer is due to the stray losses in the transformer due to the leakage flux.this flux produce eddy currents in the nearby conductive areas.The humming sound is the result of...

    bittu123

    • Nov 9th, 2011

    Humming sound caused by magnetostriction phenomenon. Magnetostriction is change in physical dimension of material because of change in magnetic field.

    Since, there is varying magnetic field in transformer causes vibration of core in gap available due to bad insulation. and starts soud hum