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ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION
OHM’S LAW
AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT
An electric circuit is like a pathway made of wires that electrons can flow
through. A battery or other power source gives the force (voltage) that
makes the electrons move. When the electrons get to a device like a
light bulb, your computer, or a refrigerator, they give it the power to make it
work.
RT R1 R2 ... Rn
WHERE
RT = THE TOTAL CIRCUIT RESISTANCE
RN = THE HIGHEST-NUMBERED RESISTOR IN THE CIRCUIT
VOLTAGE IN A SERIES CIRCUIT
VS V1 V2 ... Vn
Where
vs = Power Supply Voltage or Total Voltage.
Vn = Voltage Drop across the highest-numbered resistor in the circuit.
Calculate the total Resistance, total Current and the voltage
through Resistor one.
Calculate the total Resistance, total Current and the Voltage
through Resistor two.
PARALLEL CIRCUIT
A PARALLEL CIRCUIT HAS TWO OR MORE PATHS FOR CURRENT TO FLOW
THROUGH. VOLTAGE IS THE SAME ACROSS EACH COMPONENT OF THE
PARALLEL CIRCUIT. THE SUM OF THE CURRENTS THROUGH EACH PATH IS
EQUAL TO THE TOTAL CURRENT THAT FLOWS FROM THE SOURCE.
RESISTORS IN A PARALLEL CIRCUIT
RESISTORS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE SAME TWO POINTS ARE SAID TO BE IN PARALLEL.
Because all components are connected across the same voltage source, the
voltage across each is the same.
CURRENT IN A PARALLEL CIRCUIT
Current Characteristics of a parallel Circuit Ip=I1+I2+I3+I4
Is = I1 + I2 + I3 + I4
Calculate the total Resistance, total Current and the Current through Resistor
two
Calculate the total Resistance, total Current and the Current through each
Resistor
SERIES/PARALLEL CIRCUITS
In electric circuits, we define a branch as any portion of a circuit which can be
simplified as having two terminals.
The components between the two terminals may be any combination of resistors,
voltage sources, or other elements.
Many complex circuits may be separated into a combination of both series and/or
parallel elements, while other circuits consist of even more elaborate combinations
which are neither series nor parallel.
In order to analyse a complicated circuit, it is important to be able to recognize which
elements are in series and which elements or branches are in parallel. Therefore the
complicated series parallel circuit can be collapsed into a simple circuit with a voltage
source, The total circuit current and total resistance.
SERIES/PARALLEL CIRCUITS
ELECTRIC POWER
ELECTRIC POWER IS THE RATE, PER UNIT TIME, AT WHICH ELECTRICAL ENERGY IS
TRANSFERRED BY AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT. THE SI UNIT OF POWER IS THE WATT