Electricity is most commonly defined as the movement

Electricity is most commonly defined as the movement of electrons from a negatively charged location to a positively charged location

ELECTRICAL TERMS E I/R P I/E aka ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE (EMF), POTENTIAL CAN BE COMPARED TO THE PRESSURE IN A WATER LINE

ELECTRICAL TERMS E I/R P I/E aka AMPS, CURRENT CAN BE COMPARED TO THE FLOW RATE IN A WATER LINE

ELECTRICAL TERMS E I/R P I/E aka POWER THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY USED OR AVAILABLE VOLTS X AMPS = WATTS

ALTERNATING CURRENT MOST ELECTRICITY USED IS AC CURRENT FLOWS FIRST ONE WAY, THEN THE OTHER

ALTERNATING CURRENT POSITIVE HALF CYCLE NEGATIVE HALF CYCLE

ALTERNATING CURRENT 160 SECOND 1 HERTZ 1 CYCLE FREQUENCY

ALTERNATING CURRENT PRODUCED BY: POWER PLANTS GENERATORS ALTERNATORS DYNAMOS

AC POWER DISTRIBUTION

AC POWER DISTRIBUTION ! SAFETY GROUNDING provides a path to earth for lightning

ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION ! SAFETY Bonding Wire BONDING provides an alternate path to neutral

The Power Distribution System

DIRECT CURRENT FLOWS ALWAYS IN THE SAME DIRECTION

DIRECT CURRENT PRODUCED BY: BATTERIES DISSIMILAR METALS RECTIFIED AC LIGHTNING LEMONS STATIC EELS

RECTIFIED AC: COMUTATOR DIODES AC RECTIFIED AC aka DC

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SERIES CIRCUITS

PARALLEL CIRCUITS

SERIES/PARALLEL CIRCUITS 3 VOLTS 2 X AMPS

SERIES – PARALLEL CIRCUITS SWITCH OPEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE BIRDS WHEN THE SWITCH IS CLOSED? ?

SERIES – PARALLEL CIRCUITS SWITCH CLOSED

Voltage Drop & Resistance Since energy can not be created or destroyed, the electrical energy (voltage) that is “LOST” or “DROPPED” in a circuit is changed to: Or sometimes a combination of all three.

RESISTANCE & VOLTAGE DROP

HIGH RESISTANCE = LOW CURRENT / HIGH VOLTAGE DROP

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Most wind turbines, large or small, generate three phase AC power. This is the same type of electricity produced in your car alternator or a municipal power plant.

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Hmmmm! Seems like we could be using this magnetic field more efficiently! N S This end isn’t doing much

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But how do I hook them up?

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3 PHASE DELTA INDUSTRIAL

3 PHASE WYE COMMERCIAL

SAFETY A CURRENT FLOW OF. 1 AMP OR LESS CAN CAUSE DEATH IF IT FLOWS THROUGH YOUR

SAFETY If it doesn’t go through your heart, you’ll probably just wish you were DEAD!