Tech Tips!
Drives, Motors & Motor Control
- Cabinet Cooling Tips
- Five Solutions to Braking Control
- Motor Configuration & Control:
- Step-by-Step Motor Control Selection Guide
Components & Renewal Parts
- Heat Sink Compound (for installing power semiconductors)
- Mounting Power Semiconductors
- Overload and Derating Charts for Avtron Power Resistors
- Overload Relays
- Selecting Switches per NEC & IEC
- Starter and Fuse Selection - IEC
- Starter and Fuse Selection - NEMA
-
Field measurements on High Power Press-Pack Semiconductors
Power Quality & Productivity
- A Word About Power Quality and Productivity
- Harmonics and Their Effects On Power Distribution Systems
- Harmonic Distortion (PFCC)
- Power Factor Correction Caps
- Reactors Provide a Low Cost Solution to Inverter/Drive Power Quality
- Load Reactors - Increase VFD System Performance and Reliability
- Line Reactor Sizing Procedure
- Using 3-Phase Reactors on Single-Phase Applications
- Selecting MOV Transient Voltage Suppressors
- Zone Approach to Power Quality
Test Instruments & Measurement
- Power Semiconductor Device Testing and Limitations:
(full .pdf)
- Test Instruments as Personal Protective Equipment (.pdf)
- Why Calibrate Your Test Equipment?
Arc Flash Protection & Safety

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*All information contained in these tips is presented as-is. Galco Industrial Electronics does not
claim responsibility for either the accuracy or consequences of any third party using this information.