What is an electrical circuit? The simple definition of an electrical circuit is that it is the path wherein electric current flows. Electric current which is basically flowing electrons, flows from a voltage “source” (which can be AC or DC) which is either a battery or mains and toward the exit point called the “return”. [...]
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ELECTRICITY’S EFFECT ON OUR LIVES
We take for granted the greatest physical force ever harnessed to increase our comfort, productivity, quality of life and financial well-being, electricity. The huge benefits of electricity are with us constantly. We just assume that when we need it, that it will always be there. We don’t think or even care where it comes [...]
SEMICONDUCTORS
The advent of extremely low voltages being used to power semiconductors has changed every aspect of our lives. The computer and the advanced technologies and knowledge that have generated from its development, run virtually everything from the pacemaker in grandpa’s chest, to exploring space. We are surrounded and controlled by electricity in one form or [...]
VOLTS, AMPS AND WATTS
What They Mean to Each Other and You We’ve talked about what electricity is, what it means to you, how it’s produced, how it gets to you, now let’s talk about what makes it work for you. Let’s talk about volts, amps and watts. I researched a number of different ways to define these terms [...]
ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION OF POWER
Now that we’ve seen the ways we generate electricity (primarily, heated water driving generator turbines), we need to discuss getting the power from the generating station to your home or business. Electric power transmission is carried over high tension wires at much higher voltages (sometimes 500,000 volts) than you the consumer require, or are governmentally [...]
ELECTRICITY
If someone has a website devoted to their life’s work, they should start with their feelings on the subject. The subject of electricity. Our Lives Depend on Electricity Electricity touches every aspect of our lives, every second of the day of those lives, and will continue to do so for the rest of our lives. [...]
ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION
Simply put, electricity is energy produced from another energy form. It is the means that electric utility companies use to create the power that runs our lives. This energy transformation mostly occurs at a power station with the use of electromechanical generators driven most likely by heat engines, which are fueled by nuclear fission or [...]
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