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Resistors for LED Circuits

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Resistors in Light Emitting Diode (LED) Circuits An LED (Light…

Varistor

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What is a Varistor? A varistor is a voltage dependent resistor (VDR).…

Resistor Sizes and Packages

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Resistors are available in a large number of different package styles…

Motor starting capacitor

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Motor capacitors AC induction motors use a rotating magnetic field to…

Ohm’s Law

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What Is Ohm’s Law? Ohm’s law states that the electrical…

Electric Field

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What is an electric field? An electric field is a special state that…

Electrical Resistivity

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What Is Electrical Resistivity? Electrical resistivity is a measure of…

Resistor Properties

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The function of resistors is to oppose the flow of electric current in…

Resistor SMD Code

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What are SMD Resistors?   SMD resistors on a printed circuit…

What Is Meant By Electrical Resistance?

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Different materials react to voltage in different ways. If a material…

What Is Wye And Delta?

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We learned in a previous page that resistors can be connected in…

Power Factor And RMS Explained

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In the previous page, we saw that the mathematical representation of…

Basic DC Circuit Theory

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Voltage and Current Relationship The earth is a dynamic place. Objects…

Importance Of Maximum Power Transfer

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This page explores the issue of how to design a system that will…

Braking Resistor

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What is a Braking Resistor? The property of resistors to dissipate…

Understanding Electrical Transformers

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AC electrical systems make extensive use of transformers. A…

Sinusoidal Steady State Power and Average Power

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In this page, we will expand and reinforce our understanding of power…

Complex Numbers, Phasors And Phase Shift

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The Effect of Phase We saw in the previous page that the voltage…

What Is a Resistor?

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The resistor is a passive electrical component that creates…

Metal Oxide Film Resistor

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What are Metal Oxide Film Resistors? Metal-oxide film resistors are…

Energy Storage

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Capacitors used for energy storage Capacitors are devices which store…

Resistor Sizes and Packages

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Resistors are available in a large number of different package styles…

NTC Thermistor

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What are NTC Thermistors? NTC stands for "Negative Temperature…

Resistor Noise

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What is Resistor Noise? Noise is an unwanted phenomenon for resistors.…

Motor starting capacitor

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Motor capacitors AC induction motors use a rotating magnetic field to…