CH1 Basic Electricity

1.1)Electric current a)Atoms & electric charges b) Electric current – what is it

c) Conductor & insulators d) Direction of current
e) Units of charges & current f)Circuits & diagrams

1.2)EMF, PD & Voltage a)Electromotive force of a battery

b)Potential difference across a device
c)Terminal p.d. of a battery d)Cells & batteries e)potential at a point

1.3)Resistance & Ohm’s law a)Resistance b)Ohm’s law

c)Resistor networks c1)Series c2)Parallel
d)Resistance & temperature e)Resistivity
f)Variable resistors.

1.4)Meters & measurement

a)moving coil meter b)Ammeters & shunts c)Voltmeters & multipliers
d)Sensitivity of a voltmeter d1)Definition d2)Example
e)Measurement of resistance
e1)Ammeter-voltmeter method e2)Wheatstone bridge method

1.5)Potential Divider
a)Using two fixed resistors b)Using a variable resistor
c)Effect of load on output voltage

1.6)Electric power
a)Power a1)Expression for power a2)Example
b)Power Transfer b1)Internal resistance b2)Maximum power theorem

1.7)Alternating current
a)Direct & alternating currents b)Frequency of a.c.
c)Root mean square values
d)Waveform d1)Types d2)Harmonics d2a)a fundamental d2b)harmonics
d2c)varying d.c. wave form
CH2 Components & Circuits
2.1)Resistors a)About resistors a1)the tolerance a2)the power rating a3)the stability
b)Fixed resisters
c)Resistance codes c1)colours code c2)printed code
d)Variable resistors d1)Rotary type d2)preset type

2.2)Capacitors a)About capacitors a1)charging a2)capacitance a3)Energy stored

b)Practical capacitors
b1)the working voltage
b2)the leakage current b2.1)Fixed capacitors b2.2)Variable capacitors
c)Capacitor networks c1)Parallel c2)Series
d)Capacitors in a.c. circuits
d1)action d2)Capacitive d3)phase shaft d4)power

2.3)Inductors a)About inductors

b)Electromagnetic induction
c) How inductor work c1)In d.c.circuits c2)In a.c. circuits
d)Inductance
e)Inductors in a.c. circuits e1)Inductive reactance e2)phase shift
e3)power
f)Current control by an inductor in a.c. circuits.
g)Use of inductors g1)Air-cored types g2)Iron-cored types
g3)Iron-duct & ferrite types

2.4)CR & LR Circuits

a)Capacitor charging in a CR circuit
b)Capacitor discharging in a CR circuit
c)Time constant of CR circuit c1)charging c2)Discharging
d)Worked example
e)Capacitors & p.d.charges
f)CR coupled circuits f1)capacitor coupling f2)resistor coupling
g)LR circuit

2.5)LCR Circuits
a)LCR series circuit a1)Impedance a2)Example
b)Resonant circuit b1)Series b2)Parallel b3)Uses b4)Oscillatory circuit

2.6)Transformers
a)Transformer equations a1)Turn ratio a2)Power
b)Worked example
c)Types of Transformer c1)Mains c2)Audio frequency c3)Radio frequency
2.7)Switches
a)About switches
b)Types of switch b1)Push-button b2)Slide b3)Toggle
b4)Keyboard b5)Rotary wafer
c)Two switch circuits c1)Two-way control of staircase lighting
c2)Reversing polarity of supply to electric motor.