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Volts, Amps, and Practical Electrical Knowledge
I've heard people say that high amperage or high voltage is dangerous to humans-aren't they both? And what are the advantages to high amperage versus high voltage? And how do you generate one or the ...
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Finding current using EMF & internal resistance
What exactly is the difference between internal resistance and resistance?
This came up in the context of a homework problem I have been given:
The circuit shown in the figure contains two ...
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Voltage and current of positive lightning
For a physics issues investigation I chose to investigate what effects lightning could have on an aeroplane while in flight if it was struck and then go on to discuss some possible implications of ...
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Why does the area of the plates affect the capacitance?
Why does the area of the plates affect the capacitance? Lets say I have a parallel plate capacitor with a charge of 10C and a potential difference of 5V. By the definition $C=Q/V$, the capacitance is ...
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how to calculate electric relative permittivity of fluid or medium
I am confusing in calculating permittivity of the fluid. Permittivity differs from one fluid to another.
$$\varepsilon=\varepsilon_r\varepsilon_0$$
Since it is an electrical property combined with ...
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About the electrostatic voltage
What's the difference between electrostatic voltage and normal voltage, like the battery's voltage.
How to calculate the charge on a charged plate if we knew its electrostatic voltage?
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Which of these two methods is correct for calculating current?
I recently came across a question, for which I saw two possible methods of finding the solution. I was required to calculate the "current flowing" $I$ when given the voltage $V$, frequency $f$, total ...
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What works on 8-10 volts, 4 milli amps, and is not hardwired? [closed]
I want to know what is the smallest device that can work on a few milli amps? I know a NE-2 neon bulb works on less than 10 mAmp but on 90 volts at least.
I need to find a small device that:
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What is the principle of active voltage balancing/equalizing device?
I am wondering about active voltage sharing devices. Their purpose is to equally divide voltages on slightly unequal super-capacitors. I found some papers like this, but it is too scientific.
I want ...
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How electrons act under rotating magnetic field?
I study Power Engineering in University. Today I asked my lecturer to explain me exactly how atom's electrons act under spinning rotor's magnetic field, that generated dynamic electricity. But he even ...
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Calculate Capacitance in Series AC Circuits?
I'm supposed to calculate the capacitance of an unknown capacitor in series, but I'm not sure exactly which equation to use.
I know the voltage across the resistor (Vr), voltage across the capacitor ...
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Why do we use Root Mean Square (RMS) values when talking about AC voltage
What makes it a good idea to use RMS rather than peak values of current and voltage when we talk about or compute with AC signals.
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Out of phase voltage current source and resulting power
Examining the following graph, I am trying to understand the power plot. The power appears to take on a negative value when the current changes direction or the voltage changes polarity. Negative ...
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Difference between current and voltage sources
I am confused about the current and voltage. My intuitive example would be that of a pipe of say water. The diameter of the pipe determines the amount of water flowing per second but the pressure is ...
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Object accelerated by electromagnet
If I have an electromagnet (powered by a battery) and a metallic object, the
power generated will depend on the voltage of the battery and the resistance of the coil.
If I accelerate the object, will ...
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Should the electric potential of a positively charged sphere be negative?
Because the indefinite integral of the electric field results in a negative value? (As the function is proportional to $r^{-2}$?
I've got to be missing something... Help please!! Thanks!
Also, I ...
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Why do birds, sitting on electric wires, not get shocked?
If we would touch electric wires, we would get a shock, even if we are not touching ground (so that no connection is complete form wire to ground through us). I always see that birds sit on electric ...
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I don't understand what we really mean by voltage drop
This post is my best effort to seek assistance on a topic which is quite vague to me, so that I am struggling to formulate my questions. I hope that someone will be able to figure out what it is I'm ...
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Electron volt and Voltage
Voltage is the work done per unit charge. Given by:
V = W/q
Electron volt is the maximum kinetic energy gained by the electron in falling through a potential difference of 1 volt. Given by:
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Relationship between resistance and voltage drop
In a series or parallel circuit, if two bulbs have the same resistance, do they have the same voltage drops? The problem I am asking about is below. Do A, B, and C have the same voltage drops since ...
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Why is there a potential difference?
The question then asks for the potential difference between $X$ and $Y$, which is claimed to be $3.6\text{ volts}%$.
Why would there be a potential difference in this case? If I connect a lightbulb ...
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Is voltage electric potential or electric potential difference?
On Wikipedia, voltage is defined to be the electric potential difference. However, I am still not certain as to whether voltage is the electric potential ($PE/q$) or electric potential change ...
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Why is electric potential scalar?
I can't conceptually visualize why it would be so. Say you have two point charges of equal charge and a point right in the middle of them. The potential of that charge, mathematically, is proportional ...
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What causes an electric shock - Current or Voltage?
Though voltage and current are two interdependent physical quantity, I would like to know what gives more "shock" to a person - Voltage or Current? In simple words, will it cause more "electric - ...
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Using A.C or D.C to create an electromagnet
Does it matter if I use A.C or D.C as a source to create an electromagnet? Or Does it depend on the voltage of current?
For example:
I have a coil which has about 50 turns. If I use same amount of ...
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How does the voltage between two charged sheets change if change their distance
Suppose I have two charged capacitor plates that both are isolated and carry a charge density $D = \frac QA$. According to textbook physics the electric field between them is given by $E=\frac D ...
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How can you measure battery output to see if the wattage is accurate? [closed]
When you have a battery and it shows you the milliamperehours and volts. You can use those to calculate the wattage. How can you test the battery to see if its wattage is accurate or if the company ...
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Current without Voltage and Voltage without Current?
At school I've always learned that you can view Current and Voltage like this:
The current is the flow of charge per second and the Voltage is how badly the current 'wants' to flow.
But I'm having ...
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Question about linacs
Why are the electrodes of a linac connected to an alternating voltage? Within an electrode the electron moves with a constant speed, and once it is outside of the electrode it accelerates uniformly, ...
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What kills you: Voltage or Electric current? [duplicate]
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What causes an electric shock - Current or Voltage?
When someone gets electrocuted, what kills them; a high Voltage or a high Electric current, and why?
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What is the role of battery across a Parallel plate capacitor having equal charge?
Each plate of a parallel plate capacitor has a charge $q$ on it. The capacitor is now connected to a battery. Now, which of the following options are correct?
a) The facing surfaces of the ...
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How can you have a negative voltage?
How can you have a negative voltage? I don't really understand the concept of negative voltage, how can it exist?
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What does the current vs voltage graph of a halogen look like?
I have a halogen light with a tungsten filament. It is rated 500w at 130v but I am running it from an inverter in my car that is putting out 110v. I would like to know what the actual power usage of ...
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Effective resistance of inductor
In a lab experiment, we connected a simple circuit: an AC voltage source, connected (in series) to a variable resistor and an inductor. We measured the current in the circuit, and the voltage that ...
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Electrostatic notion of voltage as it applies to circuits
I have a question that's been bothering me about electric fields, voltage, and circuit analysis.
Initially, I came to understand voltage as it was taught in the context of electrostatics - through ...
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Elastic collisions in Franck-Hertz experiment
Looking at a Franck-Hertz experimental setup, and given a potential difference such as $4.0\ V$ which is too small to excite out the first electron orbital, the electrons moving through the tube will ...
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Calculate power $P=V \times I$
I have an adapter which mentions like this...
Input: 100-240V~1.8A
50-60hZ
So how much power does it really consume?
I just knew ...
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Production of electricity from atmosphere
I read the electric field intesity at the surface of earth is 100v/m. Then why can't we keep two metallic sheets at different heights and produce a continuous current by connecting these two sheets ...
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How do I solve the current of this resistor using Maxwell's Current Theorem?
I've been trying to solve this using the method the prof. taught us, and I happen to know the answer but I can't reach it no matter how many times I've tried. The circuit in question is below:
I am ...
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Minimal voltage in linear accelerators to achieve relativity?
Could anyone tell me what is the minimal voltage between anode and cathode in a linear accelerators to achieve speeds where relativity starts to show?
Let me ask in a different way: "What is the ...
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Highest man-made voltage
What was the highest voltage achieved and was it produced by electrostatic means or just some transformers and multipliers?
What are the limitations when it comes to producing voltage using ...
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About voltage and charge of van de graff generator
I have read that in case of Van de graff generator $V=kQ/r$ where $r$ is radius of the sphere.
If that's the case, does the same voltage results in bigger charges in bigger radii?
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How electric currents can flow between 2 points at the same potential?
According to Ohm's law, if there is a potential difference, $V$, across a resistor then there is a current, $I$, flowing through it.
Since we assume that points along the connecting wire are at the ...
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Charge of an electrolytic capacitors
I can't understand the electrolytic capacitors, when a capacitor has a capacitance of 100 microfarads, does that mean that when it is charged with 100 volts will the charge of the plate be 0.01 ...
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Confusion about P=VI and V=IR
If we look at $P=VI$, we see that if the current doubles then the potential difference is halved
but this doesn't seem to make sense according to $V=IR$. If we look at that equation, since the ...
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Electromotive force
EMF is defined as:
"The potential difference across the terminals of a battery or dry cell when it is giving no current to the circuit."
So, if current starts to flow from the ...
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Are square wave really square or are they always relative approximations using harmonics
I'm studying the properties of waves through different mediums, and got hung up on this.
Is a square wave always a sum of harmonics or can we produce a square wave by quickly changing voltage? Is ...
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Basic questions about voltage drop in DC circuit
I understand all the concepts of what voltage is using all the analogies but some things related to the drop of voltage across a circuit confuses me.
If I had a short circuit and attached a ...
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What does a positive gradient on a graph of V plotted against I mean in terms of EMF and internal resistance?
According to the equation $V = E-Ir$, the gradient of a graph of $V$ against $I$ should be $-r$ (internal resistance) and the Y intercept should be the EMF. Am I right?
In an experiment I used a ...
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why sometimes touching old flickering tube lights starts them properly
In my old house there are two old tube lights. Some times they don't start properly, (specially at evening time, may be it is because of low voltage), they starts flickering i.e. on and off ...
