KNOW WHERE DOES ELECTRICITY GO AFTER GROUND !

We all know that every electrical equipment is grounded as a safety measure. The ground wire in an electric outlet is a safety valve; any undesired electricity (positively charged energy) flows to the ground and prevents us from shock. But have you ever imagined where this electricity goes from the ground? We will discuss about this in this article.

For clearly understanding this concept consider our household wiring system. To prevent static electrocution the grounding or earthing is done. Also the neutral passes through all household systems and is commonly collected near the transformer and grounded. Thus it returns through the source which produces it. See the below diagram for further explanation.

"Ground" is not where the electricity goes, it's just a term for zero potential. Household power is AC, so charge never really goes anywhere. The same amount of charge is drawn out from the Earth as is put back in. Electricity doesn't work by pumping an extra charge into something. We also know the law of conservation of energy that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. When you connect a circuit to the ground - it completes the circuit back to the source.
So, in short in order to complete the circuit it returns back to the source.
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KNOW WHY THESE HOLES ARE PRESENT IN FLYWHEELS !

We see many mechanical components in day to day life. One such component is a flywheel. We generally see some holes in it. Have you ever imagined the reason for these holes? We will discuss the reason behind these holes in this article.

A flywheel is a mechanical device specifically designed to efficiently store rotational energy (kinetic energy). Since flywheels act as mechanical energy storage devices, their job is also to provide the energy whenever required and that too in a smooth manner. Flywheels resist changes in rotational speed by their moment of inertia. The amount of energy stored in a flywheel is proportional to the square of its rotational speed and its mass.

There are basically two types of holes in flywheel.

Uniform symmetric holes as a part of the design.

These help to reduce the weight of the flywheel. In a flywheel you need a certain moment of inertia. That can be achieved with less weight by having more material near the periphery. So mostly they have a thick outer ring with a thin web and holes in the web.These holes also help while handling the flywheel to put chains an hooks in it.


Small holes drilled on the periphery which will not be symmetrical.

These are holes are drilled at the time of dynamic balancing the flywheel as per need at specific location and diameter and depth. The purpose is to remove the mass. If the flywheel is not balanced, then during high speeds, it will generate unbalanced forces on the shaft on which it is fitted. By removing some portion of the flywheel in the form of these holes, it gets balanced. Also, it helps in materiel saving which eventually reduces the cost.

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KNOW HOW TO DECODE VEHICLE CHASSIS NUMBER !

Some dealers often find it difficult to clear their pending stocks and hence, sell an old car to customers badging it as a new one. Many buyers, due to lack of knowledge, fall for the words and humbleness of the sales representative and get easily get trapped and only realize things at a time when in most cases the payment has been made. But you can actually find out the manufacturing month and year of a vehicle by decoding the chassis number. In this article we will know how to decode a chassis number.

Automotive manufacturers around the world use a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) that can be decoded to reveal the Month & Year of production. Each car has a unique VIN that is usually stamped somewhere within the engine bay, or around the passenger compartment. Sometimes VIN number is also referred to as chassis number and it is stamped on chassis.

Before you buy a new or used car, make sure to verify the car details using the VIN number.

1. The length of the VIN number can be as long as 19 letters. Consider it to be the equivalent of your Aadhar number, which is unique to you and cannot be duplicated.

2. The VIN is an alphanumeric code and you cannot identify the manufacturing month and year simply by looking at it. There are different methods to decode the VIN as different manufacturers use different techniques to embed the manufacturing timeline of the vehicle in the VIN.

3. Car companies split the month and year of manufacturing into English alphabets. In the same way, the letter ‘A’ is used for the year 2010 while the ‘Y’ denotes 2030. It has to be kept in mind that letters ‘I’, ‘O’ and ‘Q’ are not used in the VIN number. The table below will help you understand in a better way.

For manufacturing year before 2010 the manufacturers generally use 1,2,3 and so on, for example Hyundai uses 8 for 2008 model cars. Different car makers use the above letters at different places in VIN number and for this reason, there is no standard way to find out exactly which place shows the manufacturing year and month on the VIN number. Here is how some of the top automakers code the manufacturing month and year in the VIN. In simple words, you need to know which number of characters to look for, depending on the brand of your car. Here’s how to spot them for some of the most popular car brands in India.

1. Maruti Suzuki takes the 10th letter to show manufacturing year while the 11th letter denotes the month of that year.

2. Hyundai uses the 10th letter to show the manufacturing year while the 19th letter is used to code the month.

3. Mahindra codes the manufacturing year in the 10th letter while for the month, it uses the 12th letter.

4. Honda cars the 10th letter to denote the manufacturing year while 9th alphabet is used to indicate the month as per their set of codes.

5. Tata Motors use the 10th alphabet to represent the manufacturing year while the 12th letter is used to symbolize the respective month.

Now let us decode this VIN number for better understanding.

The VIN number above is MALC381ULHM299926.

MAL (Manufacturer Identifier) - Hyundai Motor Company , India

C (Vehicle Line)-Creta

3 (Model and series)

8 (Body Type)- Wagon

1 (Restraint System, Brake system)-Both Side: Active Belt

U (Engine Type)- Diesel Engine 1.6 (TCI-U2)

L (Check and other digits)-RHD (Right Hand Driver) & MT

H (Production Year)-2017

M (Production Plant)- Chennai

29926-Vehicle serial number

Hope, this article gave you a basic idea how to read VIN number of a vehicle and what information you can gather from it.

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