11-10-2012, 08:34 PM
Lawrence: thanks for that link.
Three-phase: the fundamentals of 3-phase are actually quite easy to grasp: anyone who has had some experience with oscillators, understands sine-waves, has a good grasp of basic d.c. theory and knows some fundamental algebra and trigonometry can easily get to grips with the basics of 3-phase: you shouldn't find it that difficult to pick up. But when you go beyond the basics of 3-phase, then things do indeed get complicated - especially in the mathematics.
When I was studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering at college, the early years were all about low-frequency single, and then, later, 3-phase. The stuff I was interested in - electronics - came a lot later. Although I found that early stuff pretty boring, I do now appreciate that it did provide the grounding for the advanced stuff that followed later in the Electronic and Communications Engineering courses that I studied in the final two years.
Al.
Three-phase: the fundamentals of 3-phase are actually quite easy to grasp: anyone who has had some experience with oscillators, understands sine-waves, has a good grasp of basic d.c. theory and knows some fundamental algebra and trigonometry can easily get to grips with the basics of 3-phase: you shouldn't find it that difficult to pick up. But when you go beyond the basics of 3-phase, then things do indeed get complicated - especially in the mathematics.
When I was studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering at college, the early years were all about low-frequency single, and then, later, 3-phase. The stuff I was interested in - electronics - came a lot later. Although I found that early stuff pretty boring, I do now appreciate that it did provide the grounding for the advanced stuff that followed later in the Electronic and Communications Engineering courses that I studied in the final two years.
Al.
