The U.S. west is suffering a major heat wave which may result in rolling blackouts and reminders not to charge electric cars in the afternoon. With California also ordering that all cars by 2035 be ...

Part 1 of this article discussed the origins of automotive electrical system overloads and the problems posed by load transients. The automotive accessory electrical transient overload situation ...

Back in the day (not all that long ago), driving around in your father's Oldsmobile, AM/FM radio, tape deck, and air conditioning marked the height of automotive luxury. Today, many could not imagine ...

Constant current limiting circuits are commonplace, but sometimes a constant power limiting function is desired instead. This can be because downstream loads, like DC/DC converters, present a constant ...

The use of a Standby Voltage on computer power supplies became widespread when the ATX specification was published in 1995. It enables a computer to be put into a low power consumption mode without ...

Relying too heavily on solar power could overload the power grid, a German energy expert has warned. The move to push people into installing rooftop solar panels has been hugely successful in Germany ...

Don't overload power strips; always use wall outlets for high-wattage items. Unplug or turn off power strips when not in use. Buy high-quality power strips with surge protection. Most household ...

Designers parallel their power supplies to increase system power output or to provide fault tolerance. In this column, Contributing Editor Tom Curatolo discusses various techniques for load sharing ...

This article appeared in Evaluation Engineering and has been published here with permission. It is a well-known fact that electronic loads are essential in power-supply and battery-testing ...

In an era of increasing penetration of renewable energy and enhanced complexity in electrical networks, dynamic load modelling has emerged as a crucial research area. This approach involves developing ...