The safest way to avoid damage to your electronic devices is to unplug them during a lightning storm. Unplugging during a power outage is not as crucial, especially if you have a surge protector.

Take a look around most American homes and you'll see plenty of appliances, smartphones, chargers, computers and other electronic devices plugged in - all the time. Most people don't give the ...

Electronic devices have come a long way in the last 20 years in terms of ratings, cost, and manufacturability. As an example, insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) are now available in the 3.3 kV ...

Researchers have presented a new design that, in tests, enabled gallium nitride power devices to handle voltages of 1,200 volts. That's already enough capacity for use in electric vehicles, but ...

New Power Source For Portable Electronic Devices. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2009 / 07 / 090714154822.htm. University of Southampton.

The device was developed by an international consortium through the EU-funded project Renewable penetration levered by Efficient Low Voltage Distribution grids (RESOLVD). The power electronic ...