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- Category: Design
- Determining the required sizes of earthing conductors and earth electrodes
- The Purpose of Maximum and Minimum Short-circuit Currents
- Circuit Breaker Ratings – A Primer for Protection Engineers
- Tolerable Risk – IEC 62305-2
- IEC 62305 – Risk Assessment Process
- Lightning Strike Damage and Losses – IEC 62305
- Steel Structure used as Lightning Protection System (LPS)
- Effects of harmonics on Electrical Equipment
- Resistance of a Single Earth Electrode
- Greenfield and Brownfield Projects
- Designer Drafters Make the Life of An Engineer Easier
- Standards and Statutory Laws
- Importance of Design Documentation
- When the Basis of Design Fails to Serve its Purpose
- IEC Equipment Voltages
- 10 Reasons to Use Per unit
- IEEE and IEC Interface
- Advantages of Per Unit and Percent Calculations
- Old School Method Rocks (Do not be an Idiot)
- Tips on Effective Design
- Introduction to Harmonics
- Cathodic Protection and Earthing
- Effects of Unbalance Voltage on Induction Motors
- Voltage Drop Calculations
- Don’t Get Giddy, Be Firm!
- As An Engineer, Do You Trust Your Vendors?
- Insulation Coordination – Why is it required?
- Comparison of IEC and ANSI Terminology
- Rotating-machine Reactance Multipliers
- Objectives of Grounding System
- IEC 60909 vs ANSI/IEEE 141 Short-Circuit Current Calculations
- PEC – Is Voltage Drop Calculation Required?
- Protection of the Neutral Conductor
- Arc Flash – Hazard and System Grounding
- Arc Flash – Simplified Two-Category Clothing
- Arc Flash – Calculating Arcing Current
- Philippine Electrical Code – Low Voltage
- Video – Reasons to use per unit method
- Matching the Induction Motor Rating to the Driven Load Power
- Transformer Voltage Regulation
- The Need for Power System Fault Analysis
- Effects of Voltage Variations on Induction Motors
- Arc Flash Equipment Labeling Requirement
- Short-circuit Apparent Power of the System
- Effect of Utility Fault Level to Low Voltage Equipment Ratings
- Miniature Circuit Breaker Applications
- Lightning protection
- Earth-fault Factor – Importance in Equipment Selection
- Why We Perform A VLF Test?
- IEEE 399 – Recommended Practice for Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Analysis
- Tools not provided
- Circuit Breaker Utilization Categories (IEC 60947-2)
- System Voltage Classes (ANSI)
- Inverter Topologies – Variable Speed Drives
- Modes of Operation – Variable Speed Drives
- Effect of Air Density on Equipment Physical Size
- Asynchronous (Induction) Motor Data – IEC 60909
- Voltage Levels – IEC 61000-3-6
- Cable Rating Reduction Factor due to Harmonic Currents
- IEC 61439 – Relationship between peak current and short-time current
- Safety of Machinery – Over complicating emergency stop design
- Greenhills Gas Explosion
- Short-circuit, Protective Device Coordination & Arc Flash Analysis
- Low Harmonic and RFI Solutions, High Power and Medium Voltage Motor Control
- Serendra Blast – Gas Leak May Have Caused the Explosion
- Serendra Explosion – Time to Implement Better Government Regulations
- Super Capacitor – The Future of Energy Storage
- Isolation of Neutral Conductor in Hazardous Areas
- IEC Motor Protection Coordination
- No problem with the Specs, its the interpretation
- Non-hazardous Area – IEC 60079
- Motor Cable Selection Chart Explained
- Where is the Quality Assurance?
- Meters or Feet – Whichever Way You Want it
- Managing Your Manager
- Introduction to Arch Flash
- Fast Track Schedule is Not a Reason to Bypass Procedures
- Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
- Calculating Utility Source Impedance
- Low Voltage Fuses Applications
- High Voltage Switchgear Internal Arc Fault
- Concept Selection or Detail Design
- Vendor Dirty Tactic
- MVA Method – Electrical Calculations Made Easy
- Printing Design Drawing in A3 Paper Size
- Design Uniformity Simplifies Replication
- RA 7920 Provision on Signing of Technical Documents and Drawings
- Offshoring – Strategy to Remain Competitive
- IEC 62262 – IK Codes for Electrical Enclosures
- Calculation of Maximum and Minimum Short-circuit Currents
- Why The PEC Needs to Adapt IEC
- Cool and Efficient White LED Problem – Droop
- Importance and Usage of Short-circuit Current Calculations
- Sign-off on a Marked-up Document
- It has Always been this Way
- Conductor Stranding – IEEE vs IEC Standards
- Concept Selection or FEED – The Distinction
- IEC 61439-1 Minimum Size for PE, PEN Conductors
- Three Elements of Good Engineering Design
- GMD, GMR and Waterfall Charts
- Complex MVA Method
- Coping up With Technology
- High Impedance Differential Busbar Protection
- Transformer K-factor Rating and Variable Speed Drives
- Identification of Conductors And Terminals – IEC 60445
- Grounded or Grounding Conductors
- PEC Enforcement – Alternative Methods
- Performing Better than Early Finish
- Electric Motors Missing
- Knowledge of Procedures Expedites Delivery
- When Standards are not readily available
- Protection Against Indirect Contact
- IEC 62305 – Protection against lightning
- Voltage Standardization – Still a Confusion
- Work Stresses
- Copper – Tungsten Mining Project
- Oil-immersed Transformers – Methods of Cooling
- Effects of Temperature On Cables – Faulty Electrical Wiring
- Importance of Standards
- Hazardous Area Zone Classifications
- Hazardous Area Classification
- Competence – How is it measured?
- Electrical Power System Studies
- A Designers Perspective: Consider the User to be an Idiot
- Design Issues – When Client Fails to Lists All Design Criteria
- Compliance to Standards is not necessarily compliance to Legislations
- Lightning Damage to Structures
- Which Standard Prevails?
- Three Phase Voltage Unbalance – Causes, Effects & Mitigation
- Cable Shield and Outer Sheath Grounding (Earthing)
- Principles of Differential Relaying
- Hazards of the CLEM 7 Tunnel
- Phase Shifting Transformers to Cancel Harmonics
- Learning Instrumentation & Control
- Energy Efficiency or Idiocy?
- Engineering Standards – Do We Need to Comply With Them?
- Philippine Power Shortage 2010
- Open Circuit Faults
- Application – Fault Sequence Network Connection
- Fault Sequence Network Connections
- Insulation Class and Temperature Rise
- Importance of Project Design Stages
- Draft Standards and Liabilities
- Arc-flash Hazard Protection – IEC Standard
- Mismanagement of Designs Delays Project Delivery
- SCADA & PLC Training Course
- Symmetrical Components – The Beginning
- Hardwired vs Software Interlocks
- Filipinos to Suffer Extended Blackouts Again?
- Circuit Breaker Time-Current Characteristic Curve Made Easy
- Energy Efficiency, Global Warming and Total Cost of Ownership
- Power Factor Correction and Engergy Efficiency
- Misfits of Design
- Transformer K-Factor Rating and Harmonics
- Phase Sequence of Harmonics
- Compliance to Draft Standards
- Alliance Contracting
- Halogen Downlight – A Fire Hazard
- Super Electric Car
- Challenges and Opportunities
- Abu Dhabi – Pioneer of Green Energy
- Water Pipes as an Earthing Medium
- Engineering Design Report Preparation
- When Design Fails
- Category: Book Review
- Category: Construction
- Category: Electric
- Importance of Basic Engineering Knowledge
- Reduce Your Electricity Bill
- Another Reason Why PEC Should Adapt IEC
- Up Close & Personal With Arc-Flash
- The Electrical Engineer and the Electrician
- Three Hours Rotating Brown out
- Telecommunication – Essential to Modern Living
- Pinoy Electrical Engineers and Electricians
- Effects of Electrical Current to the Human Body
- Filipino Engineers to Implement Safety in Design
- Category: Harmonics
- Category: Lightning Protection
- Category: Protection
- Category: EE101
- Category: General
- The Ordeal of a COVID-19 Positive
- Philippines Economic Outlook 2020 and Overseas Filipino Workers
- Dealing with Worker’s Alibis
- Once an Engineer, Always an Engineer
- Counterfeits Can Kill
- Time-Current Curves Using Excel 2013
- Why is the Transformer so Important to the Modern Man?
- Arc Flash Incident – 13.8 kV Indoor Switchgear Part II
- Grounding and Bonding Permitted Methods
- Young Graduates – Machines or People
- PSALM Customers’ Forum
- Six Things You Don’t Owe Your Boss
- BP to Cut About 4,000 Exploration and Production Jobs
- Mabuhay ka Pia!
- Bankruptcy and More Layoffs Could Threaten Industry Even After Downturn
- Oil Production Vital Statistics July 2015 – Equilibrium Reached
- A Mobile Friendly Forum
- Road Safety Concerns
- Filipino Folklore Featured in Grimm’s Mommy Dearest
- Error: Connection failed
- Backups Will Save You The Day
- S.P.E.T.O.
- Theme Upgrade to Responsive
- Long Filename and Path Issues – Could Not Open or Copy a File
- Social Media and Job Security
- Why Re-invent the Wheel?
- Godaddy offers a fraud?
- Your Inbox Is Full
- After 4 years…
- Opportunities for Returning OFWs
- Working Longer Hours is not the Key to a Successful Career
- Over a cup of coffee
- 400th Posts in 4 Years
- Best Halloween Prank Ever
- Spam Getting Serious Again
- Faulty Electrical Wiring (Again?)
- DMCA Protection
- Your job is not you – A lesson learnt
- S.Pangonilo.com 3rd Anniversary
- PDF-XChange Viewer Saved My Day
- Natural Disasters – Wrath of Mother Earth
- Videoke – A Unique Filipino Culture
- Choose your web host right the first time
- Internet Technology or Privacy – The Choice is Yours
- When the train misses the terminal
- Oil Spills World Wide and in the Philippiness
- Windows XP SP2 and Windows 2000 Support Ends
- Solution: Western Digital 250GB USB 2.0 – Keeps Disconnecting
- Western Digital 250GB ELEMENTS EXTERNAL USB 2.0 250 GB
- Biological Weapon in Our Backyard
- Water-Hybrid System – An Answer to Total Oil Dependency
- Greek Gods to Rescue Crisis
- Re-engineering the Philippine Educational System
- Clan Reunion – A Success
- SATA HDD Experience
- Nature Photography
- Different Industry Norms and Practices
- Startups – Be careful with cofounders
- The reasons why I blog
- Virtual Machines and Trainings
- Linux and Windows 7 Dual Boot
- Top 100 Web Sites to Get Infected
- Why Filipino Engineers are degraded
- Transferable Skills Assessment and Evaluation
- Opera is the fastest browser
- Thousand Downloads in 4 days
- Auto Keyword WordPress Plugin
- Automatic Keyword Generator Remains on Top
- WordPress $Paged and Page Navigation
- Filipino Job Fairs
- Con Ass – A Deceitful Move against Filipino People
- Barking on the Wrong Tree
- SEO, Page Rank & rel NoFollow
- Absentee Voters Registration
- Whack Your Boss
- Web Host and Page Ranking
- After 3 decades
- Sustainability – A Winning Advantage
- Privatize Profits, Socialize Losses
- Your Google Personal Profile
- Topping the Board Examination
- Oh Captain My Captain
- Returning OFW Integration
- Recession : Jobless to topless
- A New Job – A predicament
- Gold Rush
- Mis-education of the Filipino Engineer
- Relief After the Election
- Switch off for the Earth Hour 2009
- Filipino Seamen to Lose Jobs Due to Economic Crisis
- Hail Obama
- Migrant Workers Job Cut Down Under
- The Failure of Capitalism
- The Paradigm of Change
- First Home Buyers
- Mining, Financing, Manufacturing and Construction
- Great Recession
- New Graduates Future in this Recession
- Recession – A Word Politicians Refuse to Say
- Recession – Seeing Peers Go
- Economic Slow Down is Bad for the Environment
- Global Marketability
- Seven Good Things About the Economic Meltdown
- Webhost Choice
- Recession Proof Jobs
- Engr Sirio Reyes Sr, PEE / PME
- My Professional Registrations
- Personal Blog Site
- Category: Environment
- Category: Factoids
- Category: Featured Articles
- Category: Latest News
- Category: Life
- Saying “I don’t know does not make you a lesser person”
- Micromanaging (Manager Never Learn to Manage)
- Senior High School – Is it Effective?
- Advantages of Effective Communication Skills
- Life Without Electricity
- Challenges of The Year of the Earth Dog
- Resilience and Adaptability Makes A Job Seeker More Competitive
- Blast from the Past
- New Career Path, New Challenges
- A Career Redirection
- Electrical Engineers – Do you really care?
- PRC License Renewal Still Horrible After More than 30 Years
- Learning New Skills To Remain Competitive
- Fire Prevention Month
- Prospects for 2016
- Drinking Distilled Water is More Expensive than Oil
- Setting Up Email When Using Cloudflare
- Learning Curve (not considered)
- It is the job that becomes redundant, not you
- Continuing Professional Development
- Iran Framework Agreement – What does it mean to Oil & Gas Practitioners
- Time to Fill Up
- Life Support Pulled Out for IE
- After The ICC World Cup 2015
- Networking – An Essential Factor to Winning
- White Beach, Boracay – 7th Most Popular Beach In the World
- Have been busy lately with UBP
- Are you Happy With Your Bank?
- Forced to Register to Access Vendor Information
- Take A Walk
- Filipinos Are Truly World Class
- Pinoy Engineers Today
- Coping up
- New Place, New Challenges
- Resilience – The Key to Survival
- Filipinos Exploited Due to Extreme Poverty
- Economic Downturn Reduces Training Budget
- I need a break… Or am I only Dreaming?
- Some Funny Facts of Life
- Why do life needs to be complicated?
- The 90/10 Principle
- Google Maps Interior – Where Does It End?
- Fracking is Greed
- Happy New Year
- Crying Kids on Board – Parents are the Problem
- PRC Renewal at SM Business Center – Electrical Engineers, Sorry You are Not Included
- The Right Way, The Best Way
- Cutting Trip – Cubao Antipolo UV Express Service
- A Visit to my Mother’s Grave
- Separation of Church and State
- Philippine Newspaper Ads Still Dominated by Overseas Job Opportunities
- Pacquiao – Money is Not Everything
- Is the Filipino Losing Touch on the True Essence of Christmas?
- Good to be back again
- A 3G/4G Tablet is Just a Marketing Ploy By Manufacturers
- Effects of Frankenstorm
- Facebook Is Killing Small Community Sites
- Google Nexus – Home Rotate after Android Update
- I Chose To Look The Other Way
- Tragic Year
- Workplace Bullying
- Companies’ Changing Social Media Policy
- Green Energy – Is it Really Sustainable?
- Philippines in Chaos
- God Knows Best
- Blackouts – A Curse or Just Coincidence
- Oil Price Hikes – A Global Issue
- Knowledge is not Experience
- Apps Accessing Smartphones Personal Text Messages and Intercepting User’s Calls
- Free Apps – Think Twice Before You Install It on Your Smart Phone
- Energy Trends in the Philippines
- Quality or Deadline
- Importance of Instructions
- A Programmer Reborn
- Too tired to blog
- Moving on…
- Where has the Technorat Gone?
- A Bit Busy Lately
- OFWs in Distress
- Goal Setting for 2011
- Wishing you all the best this holiday season!
- Stress Reduces Motivation to Work
- Pambansang Kamao Manny Pacquiao – Mabuhay Ka
- Corrosion Protection Engineer – Another Career I Want
- How to Politely Turn Down A Good Offer?
- Online Surveys – Do you ever do it?
- Milestone – 1000 Comments
- Golden Years Job Hunting
- Tips for Creating a High Impact Resume
- Free Publicity for the Philippines
- Informal Settlers
- Tamang Kurso Para Sa Tamang Trabaho (Right Degree for the Right Job)
- What’s In A Name?
- Truth Commission – Will it be effective?
- How do you order a steak?
- Pinoy Crab Mentality – A Bad Trait Preventing Progress
- Electricians Worry About Halogen Downlights
- Facebook – Are We Still In Control?
- Expired Philippine Driver’s License Renewal
- Last Bites of Economic Downturn
- Plight of Filipino Migrants
- Economic Recovery Means Higher Interest Rates
- Brisbane to Source Skilled Workers Overseas
- The Paradox of Catholic Education
- Cyber Bullying
- Spammers Are Quicker than You Think
- Don’t Worry Be Happy
- Affiliates – Is the company your selling competing with you?
- What Challenges the Year of the Earth Rat Bring?
- Christmas Lights Hazards
- Watch Live TV Online Free
- The Life of An OFW is not a Joke
- The Wrath of Ondoy
- Women Talk as Understood by Men
- Filipino Engineers and Australia’s Proposed Review of Migration Policy
- Recession or Racial Discrimination
- God is great
- Recovery from Recession
- Recession Survival Tip: Love your Job
- Dealing With Union Hardcores
- Energy Summit
- What is a Technical Consultant?
- Simple Tips for Employees
- A Dilemna of Choice
- Salary in US Dollars
- Category: Climate Change
- Investment on Solar Panels – Is it worth it?
- Solar Power Questions Answered
- Renewable Energy sources – Pros & Cons
- Renewable Energy Sources
- Industrialization and Protecting the Environment
- Coal-to-liquid Conversion – A Technology to Watch
- Climate Change Summit in Chaos
- Climate Change Fails Scientific Evidence
- Climate Change, Carbon Emissions and Sustainable Energy
- A Thirsty Planet
- Steak and Climate Change
- Category: Culture
- Pinoy Crab Mentality – Plagiarism In Its True Sense
- Begging for Life
- Transparency and Accountability
- NHMFC Litigation Fee
- RA 7920 Practice of Electrical Engineering
- Paradox of Pacquiao Success
- Geographic Locations Electrical Installation Differences
- Proudly Filipino
- French Legion in the Philippines
- Denied of Training or Just Racism
- Noynoy – 15th Philippine President
- Nestor Burayag – What the …
- Registry of Foreign-Based Filipino Scientists, Engineers, and Technology Entrepreneurs
- Filipino Electrical Engineers & Electrician Community Forum
- Jason Aguilar Mistaken Identity
- Innovations – An Alliance Culture
- Pacquiao’s Biggest Hits
- Holy Week
- Politics at Work
- Public Works Bidding Scam
- Category: Economy
- Circumventing Labor Laws and Cheating Employees of Deserved Compensation
- Cheap China Imports Killing our Local Industries
- OFW Reintegration Program
- Re-integration of OFWs is Long Overdue
- When Will the Oil and Gas Industry Recover?
- Why Philippine Made Products can not Compete with Imported Counterparts?
- OPEC to cut production by 0.75 million barrels per day
- Unscrupulous Individuals Preying on Job Seekers
- Is the Oil Industry Dying?
- Double Whammy
- Crisis Driven Career Shift
- US oil prices end above $50 for first time since July
- Job Cuts Is Currently the Norm
- World oil prices reached a seven month high
- Renewable Energy Is not Cheap
- Jobs Hanging on a Thread
- The Global Economy Is in a ‘Death Spiral’
- Ten Million Reasons Why Cheap Oil Might Hurt The Philippines
- Shell Reducing Headcount by 10,000
- Oil price worries hit stocks in Asia for the second day
- Oil prices to reach $70 by end of 2016 claims Billionaire
- Oil price crash: Saudis told to embrace austerity as debt defaults loom
- OPEC to discuss reduction of oil production level up to 5%
- Why Oil Prices Will Remain Low Longer
- Global Market Meltdown – 2016
- Schlumberger Lays Off 10,000 – Oil and Gas News
- Paradox of A Political Conflict
- Survival of the Fittest
- Shell plans 2,800 job cuts as U.S. oil around $35
- Oil Prices Still Going Down, What is the absolute rock bottom?
- EPC Companies to Layoff Workers
- Non-stop Sacking of Workers – Job Security is History
- Marshall Islands Registered Vessel Seized
- Huge LNG Facilities Going Online Will Drop Oil Prices Further
- Be Positive – Job loss may be the start to a better endeavor
- Energy and Inefficiency
- China’s Economic Slow Down – Mining Industry Meltdown
- Merger & Acquisition – Market Strategy or Monopoly
- EPC Companies Feeling the Heat of Plunging Oil Price
- Bombing Raises Oil Price
- Oil Price Slump – Irony of Life
- Oil Price Slump – More Pain Ahead
- Supply and Demand
- Falling Prices Are Affecting Jobs
- Oil Price Long Term Forecast
- Oil Price Cut – Are We Winning?
- Surviving the Oil Price Cut
- Malaya Power Plant – Just Burn It or Explode it!
- Electrical Engineer’s Secondary Skill
- Job Security and Opportunities
- Cost-plus vs Lump Sum Contract
- How Do Engineers Ever Survive Another GFC?
- Offshoring – Threats and Opportunities
- GFC and Job Security
- GFC Bites Again
- 2013 Financial Crisis a Reality
- Coping with the global economic slowdown (again)
- Philippines Standard & Poor Better Credit Rating
- Metro Manila Traffic Remains A Major Economic Impediment
- In Search for Sudden Wealth
- Philippine Peso is Going Strong
- Where Has the Projects Gone?
- Global Economy – Unsustainable Recovery
- Chinese Economy Reached Saturation Point
- Tough Economic Times Again
- China Economic Slowdown and New Government Policies May Lead to Job Losses
- Uncertainty – The Challenge of the Future
- Blackouts in the Philippines – A Conspiracy Theory (?)
- Possible Blackout During Pacquiao – Bradley Fight
- Euro Crisis – Are we in Recession Again?
- Overseas Filipinos to Protest Against China
- Spratly’s 17.1 Billion Barrels Oil Deposit
- Save Money and Help the Environment – Use Rechargeable Batteries
- An Open Letter to PNoy – OFWs Reintegration
- Moving Back to Oil & Gas
- Double Dip Recession
- Foreign Buyers Boost Real Estate Property Prices
- Category: Election
- Category: Health
- Category: Safety
- Category: Technology
- Category: Training
- Category: Linux
- XAMPP Upgrade from 1.7.X to 1.8.X
- Simple Tips To Make Your VPS WordPress Friendly
- Dropping Off Unity for Cinnamon
- Linux – Recursively chmod directories only
- Ubuntu Linux on Asus 1005PE Using WUBI
- Ubuntu Linux on Asus 1005PE
- Linux in B777
- Best Linux Distro
- Ubuntu Mod-Rewrite Enabled
- Leave your Windows in the Office – Use Linux at Home
- Ubuntu 9.10 Wireless Connectivity
- Category: Android
- Category: Centos 5
- VPS Control Panel Issues
- VPS Upgrade to PHP 5.3
- VPS Upgrade or Optimization
- Linux – Installing Applications From Source Code
- Mediawiki 1.19.1 Installation Problems
- Kloxo Problems on CentOS 5.7 64bit VPS
- Kloxo Upgrade – 500 Internal Server Error
- Virtual Private Server (VPS) Experience – Part 3
- Virtual Private Server (VPS) Experience – Part 2
- Category: Linux Mint
- Category: Ubuntu
- Category: Maintenance
- Category: Scripts
- Stop Spam Registration on BuddyPress
- Xenforo – A First Time User
- Forum Upgrade is A Challenge
- WordPress – is_home() not working
- Project Management Tool Web-based Interface
- BB Code to Insert Video in SMF Forum
- WordPress 3.0 ‘Thelonious’
- WordPress – Overall Best Open Source CMS Award Winner
- Making Compressed Javascript Readable
- WordPress Best SEO Plugins
- Comments on WordPress Pages
- WordPress Upgrade is the Best
- Category: Joomla
- Category: Mediawiki
- Category: MyBB
- Category: MYSQL
- Category: PHP
- Category: PHP Frameworks
- Category: SMF
- Category: Wordpress
- Category: Standards
- Category: Tutorials