AC/DC

Fundamentals
AC/DC Fundamentals
This five-day course begins with a fundamental review of conductors and insulators, electric
current, resistance, Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s Laws, electrical power, and magnetism. AC circuit
fundamentals are covered including inductive and capacitive circuits. Other topics include
test equipment, semiconductors and diodes, transistors, and silicon controlled rectifiers.

I. Conductors and Insulators · Major Components

· The Atom · Theory of Operation
· The Nucleus · Common Applications
· Electrical Charges
· Categories of Matter VII. Electrical Power
· The Unit of Power
II. EMF and Electric Current · Power Equations
· EMF · Power Rating of Resistors
· Current Flow
· Voltage Potential VIII. Magnetism
· Characteristics of Magnetism
III. Resistance · Magnetic Field Around a
· Characteristics of Resistance Current-Carrying Conductor
· Ohm’s Law · Left-Hand Rule for a Conductor
· Magnetic Field of a Coil
IV. Resistive
· Resistance in Series IX. AC Power
· Resistance in Parallel · Sine Wave Generation
· Simplified Formulas · Sine Wave Terminology
· Series‑Parallel Circuits
X. AC Phase Relationships
V. Applying OHM’s Law · Phase Concepts
· Current in Series Circuits · Phase Angle
· Voltage & Current In Parallel Circuits · Phase Angle Diagrams
· Voltage & Current In Series-Parallel
Circuits XI. Resistance in AC Circuits

VI. Kirchhoff’s Laws XII. Inductance in AC Circuits

· Kirchhoff’s Current Law · Inductance
· Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law · Factors Affecting Inductance
· Loop Equations

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 · Voltage & Current in an Inductive
AC Circuit
· Inductive Reactance

XIII. Capacitance in AC Circuits

· Capacitance
· Factors Affecting Capacitance
· Voltage & Current in a Capacitive
AC Circuit
· Capacitive Reactance

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