electroscience

Unlike direct current (DC), in alternative current (AC) there are 4 types of powers: Active power, measured in watts (W) Reactive power, measured in volt amperes reactive (VAr) Apparent power, measured

In this video I am using a phase fired controller (PFC), also called phase angle controller I salvaged from a vacuum cleaner. Its main attribute is to reduce the effective voltage by chopping the waveform,

What have in common a white dwarf, a neutron star and a black hole? They are all products of a dying star, just like our Sun. A small exercise of imagination        Let’s imagine we have a solid object,

Hello electric science enthusiasts! I am currently editing a new eye catching video which will be released on Monday. I put below a couple of images so you can make an idea on what is all about. In the

Among the regions with the most thunderstorms each year are listed: the northwestern Venezuela and the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Guinness Book of World Records lists Venezuela’s

Although Tesla was a brilliant scientist and a great visionary, he was considered to be an awful businessman. 1) Wireless transmission of energy           Perhaps one of the most popular subject when it

This video shows you a step by step process on how to build a home made high voltage capacitor for little to no money at all. In case you haven't noticed by now, the price of high voltage capacitors on

Last Saturday I visited the Museum of Technology in Thessaloniki (ΝΟΗΣΙΣ). It hosted a temporary exhibition on the life and work of a remarkably bright mind, Nikola Tesla. A man who dedicated himself to