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| What Electricity Is | |
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| The Importance of the Study of Electricity | |
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| Early History | |
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| Early History | |
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| The Electron Theory | |
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| The Breakdown of Matter | |
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| The Structure of the Molecule | |
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| The Structure of the Atom | |
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| Electric Current and Electric Charge | |
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| Review of Electricity--What It is | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Conductors/Insulators/Semiconductors | |
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| What a Conductor Is | |
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| What an Insulator Is | |
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| What a Semiconductor Is | |
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| Review of Conductors, Insulators, Semiconductors | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Electric Charges | |
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| What Electric Charges Are | |
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| Static Charges from Friction | |
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| Attraction and Repulsion of Electric Charges | |
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| Electric Fields | |
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| Transfer of Electric Charges through Contact | |
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| Transfer of Electric Charges through Induction | |
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| Discharge of Electric Charges | |
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| Review of Electric Charges | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Magnetism | |
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| Natural Magnets | |
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| Permanent Magnets | |
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| The Nature of Magnetic Materials | |
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| Magnetic Fields | |
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| Review of Magnetism | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Current Flow--What It Is | |
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| Electrons in Motion | |
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| Direction of Current Flow | |
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| Units of Current Flow | |
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| Review of Current Flow | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| What Causes Current Flow--EMF | |
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| What Work Is | |
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| What EMF (Electromotive Force) Is | |
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| What Electric Power Is | |
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| How EMF Is Maintained | |
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| Voltage and Current Flow | |
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| Review of EMF or Voltage | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| How Electricity Is Produced and Used | |
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| Electricity Is the Means for Transporting Power | |
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| How Electricity Is Produced | |
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| Uses of Electricity | |
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| Electricity Produced from Frictional Energy (Static Electricity) | |
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| Electricity Produced from Pressure/Pressure Produced from Electricity | |
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| Electricity Produced from Heat (and Cold) | |
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| Heat Produced from Electricity | |
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| Electricity Produced from Light | |
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| Light Produced from Electricity | |
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| Electricity Produced from Chemical Action | |
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| Chemical Action Produced from Electricity | |
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| Electricity Produced from Magnetism | |
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| Magnetism Produced from Electricity | |
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| Review of How Electricity Is Produced | |
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| Review of How Electricity Is Used | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Electromagnetism | |
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| Electromagnetism | |
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| Magnetic Fields around a Conductor | |
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| Magnetic Fields around a Coil | |
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| Electromagnets | |
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| Review of Electromagnetism | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| How a Meter Works | |
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| The Basic Meter Movement | |
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| Meter Movement Considerations | |
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| How Meter Scales Are Read | |
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| Usable Meter Range | |
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| Review of How a Meter Works | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| How Current Is Measured | |
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| Measuring the Units of Current Flow | |
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| How Small Currents Are Measured | |
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| How Units of Current Are Converted | |
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| Milliammeters and Microammeters | |
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| How Ammeter Ranges Are Converted | |
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| Multirange Ammeters | |
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| How Ammeters Are Connected into Circuits | |
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| Review of How Current Is Measured | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| How Voltage Is Measured | |
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| Units of Voltage | |
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| Converting Units of Voltage | |
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| How a Voltmeter Works | |
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| How a Voltmeter Is Used | |
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| Voltmeter Ranges | |
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| Multirange Voltmeters | |
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| Review of Voltage Units and Measurement | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| What Controls Current Flow-Resistance | |
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| What Resistance Is | |
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| Units of Resistance | |
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| Factors Controlling Resistance | |
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| Review of Resistance | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Review | |
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| Review of Current (I), Voltage (E), and Resistance (R) | |
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| Introducing Ohm's Law | |
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| The Relationship of Current, Voltage, and Resistance | |
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| Table of the Elements | |
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| Electric Circuits | |
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| What a Circuit Is | |
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| DC and AC Circuits | |
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| The Electric Circuit | |
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| The Load | |
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| Switches | |
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| Simple Circuit Connections | |
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| Review of Electric Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Ohm's Law | |
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| The Relationship of Voltage, Current, and Resistance | |
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| The Magic Triangle | |
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| Ohm's Law Rules | |
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| Ohm's Law Examples | |
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| Ohm's Law Drill | |
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| Review of Ohm's Law | |
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| Experiment/Application--Ohm's Law | |
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| Resistance | |
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| Resistors--Use, Construction, and Properties | |
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| Resistor Tolerance and Values | |
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| Resistor Color Code | |
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| How Resistance Is Measured | |
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| Review of Resistance (Including Material from Volume 1) | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions (Including Material from Volume 1) | |
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| DC Series Circuits | |
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| The Series Circuit | |
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| Resistance in Series Circuits | |
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| Current Flow in Series Circuits | |
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| Voltage in Series Circuits--Kirchhoff's Second Law | |
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| Ohm's Law in Series Circuits | |
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| Voltage Division in the Series Circuit | |
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| Variable Resistors | |
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| Review of Ohm's Law in Series Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--Open Circuits | |
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| Experiment/Application--Short Circuits | |
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| Experiment/Application--Series Circuit Resistance | |
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| Experiment/Application--Series Circuit Current | |
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| Experiment/Application--Series Circuit Voltage/Kirchhoff's Second Law | |
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| DC Parallel Circuits | |
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| The Parallel Circuit | |
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| Voltage in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Current Flow in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Equal Resistors in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Unequal Resistors in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Experiment/Application--Parallel Circuit Voltage | |
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| Experiment/Application--Parallel Circuit Current | |
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| Experiment/Application--Parallel Circuit Resistance | |
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| Experiment/Application--Parallel Resistances | |
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| Kirchhoff's First Law | |
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| Experiment/Application--Kirchhoff's First Law | |
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| Unequal Resistors in Parallel Circuits (continued) | |
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| Review of Parallel Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Applying Ohm's Law in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Solving Unknowns in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Review of Ohm's Law and Parallel Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--Ohm's Law and Parallel Resistances | |
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| Experiment/Application--Ohm's Law and Parallel Circuit Current | |
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| DC Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Resistors in Series-Parallel | |
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| Solving the Bridge Resistor Circuit | |
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| Ohm's Law in Series-Parallel Circuits--Current | |
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| Ohm's Law in Series-Parallel Circuits--Voltage | |
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| Ohm's Law in Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Review of Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--Series-Parallel Connections | |
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| Experiment/Application--Current in Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Experiment/Application--Voltage in Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Electric Power | |
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| What Electric Power Is | |
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| The Power Formula | |
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| Power Rating of Equipment | |
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| Fuses | |
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| Power in Series Circuits | |
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| Power in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Power in Complex Circuits | |
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| Review of Electric Power | |
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| Self Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--The Use of Fuses | |
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| Experiment/Application--How Fuses Protect Equipment | |
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| Experiment/Application--Power in Series Circuits | |
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| Experiment/Application--Power in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Thevenin's and Norton's Theorems | |
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| Thevenin's Theorem--Voltage Division in the Series Circuit | |
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| Norton's Theorem--Voltage Division in the Series Circuit | |
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| Troubleshooting DC Circuits | |
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| Troubleshooting DC Circuits--Basic Concepts | |
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| Troubleshooting DC Series Circuits | |
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| Troubleshooting DC Parallel Circuits | |
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| Troubleshooting DC Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Drill in Troubleshooting DC Circuits | |
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| Review of DC Electricity | |
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| General Review of DC Fundamentals | |
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| Introduction to Alternating Current | |
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| Alternating Current | |
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| Answers to Drill Questions | |
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| DC and AC Electric Circuits | |
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| Direct Current and Alternating Current | |
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| The Three Circuit Elements--Resistance/Inductance/Capacitance | |
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| Basic Electric Circuit Configurations | |
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| What Alternating Current Is | |
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| Why Alternating Current Is Used | |
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| AC Power Transmission | |
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| AC Current Flow | |
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| Waveforms | |
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| Alternating Current Cycles | |
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| Elementary Generator Construction | |
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| Elementary Generator Operation | |
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| Elementary Generator Output | |
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| Phase Relationships | |
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| Alternating Current Frequency | |
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| Maximum and Peak-to-Peak Values of a Sine Wave | |
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| Average Value of a Sine Wave | |
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| RMS or Effective Value of a Sine Wave | |
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| Review of Alternating Current | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Using Transformers | |
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| Experiment/Application--RMS Effective Value of AC Voltage | |
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| Experiment/Application--Use of the Oscilloscope to Observe AC Waveforms | |
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| AC Meters | |
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| Why DC Meters Cannot Measure AC | |
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| Rectifier Type AC Voltmeters | |
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| Moving-Vane Meter Movements | |
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| Thermocouple Meters and Hot-Wire Meters | |
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| AC Ammeters--Current Transformers | |
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| AC Ammeters--The Clamp-on Ammeter | |
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| Electrodynamometer Movements | |
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| Wattmeters | |
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| Review of AC Meters | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--AC Voltmeter | |
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| Resistance in AC Circuits | |
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| AC Circuits Containing Resistance Only | |
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| Current and Voltage in Resistive Circuits | |
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| Power in AC Circuits | |
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| Power in Resistive Circuits | |
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| Power Factor--Volt-Amperes | |
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| Review of Resistance in AC Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--Power in Resistive AC Circuits | |
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| Inductance in DC and AC Circuits | |
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| Magnetic Fields around a Conductor | |
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| Magnetic Fields around a Conductor--Fleming's Right-Hand Rule | |
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| Self-Induction | |
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| Inductance in a DC Circuit | |
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| Inductance Symbols | |
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| Units of Inductance--Relationship to Counter EMF | |
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| Factors Affecting Inductance | |
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| Inductive Time Constant in a DC Circuit | |
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| Inductive Reactance | |
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| Phase Relationships in AC Inductive Circuits | |
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| Inductances in Series and in Parallel | |
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| Power in Inductive Circuits--Review of Power Formulas | |
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| The Effect of Phase Difference on the AC Power Wave | |
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| Positive and Negative Power in AC Inductive Circuits | |
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| Apparent and True Power--Power Factor in AC Circuits | |
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| Power Factor in AC Circuits | |
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| Measurement of True Power in AC Circuits | |
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| Review of Inductance in DC and AC Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--Effect of Core Material on Inductance | |
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| Experiment/Application--Generation of Induced EMF | |
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| Experiment/Application--Current Flow in Inductive Circuits | |
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| Experiment/Application--Apparent and True Power | |
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| Capacitance in DC and AC Circuits | |
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| Capacitance--Storage of Charge on Conductors | |
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| Capacitance in DC Circuits | |
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| Units of Capacitance | |
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| Symbols for Capacitance | |
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| Capacitor Construction | |
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| Factors which Affect Capacitance--Plate Area | |
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| Factors which Affect Capacitance--Plate Separation | |
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| Factors which Affect Capacitance--Dielectrics | |
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| Capacitors in Series and Parallel | |
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| Types of Capacitors--Variable | |
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| Types of Capacitors--Fixed | |
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| Types of Capacitors--Electrolytic/Tantalytic Capacitors | |
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| Capacitor Color Codes | |
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| Capacitive Time Constant | |
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| Capacitance--Charging and Discharging Currents | |
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| Capacitance in AC Circuits | |
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| Capacitive Reactance in AC Circuits | |
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| Phase Relationship in Capacitive Circuits | |
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| Power in a Capacitive Circuit | |
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| Review of Capacitors and Capacitance | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Experiment/Application--Current Flow in a DC Capacitive Circuit | |
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| Experiment/Application--RC Time Constant | |
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| Experiment/Application--Current Flow in an AC Capacitive Circuit | |
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| Experiment/Application--Capacitive Reactance | |
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| Troubleshooting Simple AC Circuits | |
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| Basic Concepts--Resistive/Inductive/Capacitive Circuits (DC/AC) | |
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| Troubleshooting Inductors (DC/AC Circuits) | |
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| Troubleshooting Capacitors (DC/AC Circuits) | |
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| Troubleshooting Simple AC Inductive Circuits | |
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| Troubleshooting Simple AC Capacitive Circuits | |
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| Drill in Troubleshooting Simple AC Circuits | |
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| AC Electric Circuits | |
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| Introduction to AC Electric Circuits | |
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| AC Series Circuits | |
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| Current Flow in AC Series Circuits | |
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| Voltages in AC Series Circuits | |
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| R and L Series Circuit Voltages | |
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| What a Vector Is | |
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| Vector Graphic Representation of AC Voltages and Currents | |
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| Experiment/Application--R and L Series Circuit Voltages | |
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| R and L Series Circuit Impedance | |
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| Experiment/Application--Impedance in R and L Series Circuits | |
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| R and L Series Circuits Impedance Variation | |
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| R and C Series Circuit Voltages | |
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| Experiment/Application--R and C Series Circuit Voltages | |
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| R and C Series Circuit Impedance | |
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| Experiment/Application--Impedance in R and C Series Circuits | |
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| L and C Series Circuit Voltages | |
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| Experiment/Application--L and C Series Circuit Voltages | |
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| L and C Series Circuit Impedance | |
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| Experiment/Application--L and C Series Circuit Impedance | |
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| R, L, and C Series Circuit Voltages | |
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| R, L, and C Series Circuit Impedance--Graphic Solution | |
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| R, L, and C Series Circuit Impedance--by Calculation | |
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| Series Circuit Resonance | |
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| Series Circuit Resonance--Resonant Frequency | |
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| Experiment/Application--Series Resonance | |
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| Power Factor | |
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| Power | |
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| Experiment/Application--Power and Power Factor | |
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| Review of Current, Voltage, Impedance, Resonance, Power, Power Factor | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| AC Parallel Circuits | |
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| AC Parallel Circuit Combinations | |
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| Voltages in AC Parallel Circuits | |
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| Currents in AC Parallel Circuits | |
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| R and L Parallel Circuit Currents | |
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| R and L Parallel Circuit Impedance | |
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| Experiment/Application--R-L Parallel Circuit Current and Impedance | |
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| R and C Parallel Circuit Currents | |
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| R and C Parallel Circuit Impedance | |
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| Experiment/Application--R-C Parallel Circuit Current and Impedance | |
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| L and C Parallel Circuit Currents | |
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| L and C Parallel Circuit Currents and Impedance | |
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| Experiment/Application--L-C Parallel Circuit Currents and Impedance | |
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| Parallel Circuit Resonance | |
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| Experiment/Application--Parallel Circuit Resonance | |
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| R, L, and C Parallel Circuit Currents | |
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| R, L, and C Parallel Circuit Impedance | |
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| Experiment/Application--R, L, and C Parallel Circuit Currents and Impedance | |
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| Power and Power Factor in Parallel Circuits | |
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| Review of Current, Voltage, Impedance, Resonance, Power, Power Factor | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| AC Complex Circuits | |
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| Series-Parallel Circuits | |
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| Series-Parallel Circuits--Vector Graphic Solution | |
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| Series-Parallel Circuits--Solution by Calculation | |
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| More Complex Series-Parallel Circuits--Vector Graphic Solution | |
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| More Complex Series-Parallel Circuits--Solution by Calculation | |
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| Experiment/Application--Graphic and Calculated Solution in Complex Circuits | |
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| Experiment/Application--Verification of Calculated Current and Impedance | |
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| Review--AC Complex Circuits | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Transformers | |
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| Mutual Induction--Faraday's Law | |
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| How a Transformer Works | |
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| Transformer Construction | |
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| Transformer Losses | |
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| Phase Relationships in Transformers--Multiple Winding Transformers | |
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| Autotransformers--Tapped Transformers | |
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| Transformer Types | |
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| Experiment/Application--Transformer Action | |
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| Review of Transformers | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| Introduction to AC Power Distribution | |
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| AC Power Systems | |
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| Local AC Power Distribution | |
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| Troubleshooting Local Power Distribution Systems | |
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| Troubleshooting AC Circuits | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Troubleshooting Transformer Circuits--Open Circuits | |
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| Troubleshooting Transformer Circuits--Short Circuits | |
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| Troubleshooting AC Circuits | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Scientific Notation | |
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| Measurement Conversion | |
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| Measurement Conversion: Units of Current | |
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| Measurement Conversion: Units of Voltage and Power | |
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| Measurement Conversion: Units of Resistance | |
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| Applying Scientific Notation | |
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| Table of Squares and Square Roots | |
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| Table of Sines (Sin), Cosines (Cos), and Tangents (Tan) | |
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| Introduction to Generators and Motors | |
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| Basic Generators and Motors | |
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| Introduction to Generators | |
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| Generator Energy Sources | |
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| Review of Electricity from Magnetism | |
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| The Left-Hand Rule | |
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| The Elementary Generator | |
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| The Parts of an Elementary Generator | |
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| Elementary Generator Operation | |
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| The Commutator | |
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| Converting AC to DC by Use of the Commutator | |
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| Improving the DC Output | |
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| Improving the Generator Output | |
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| Review of the Elementary Generator | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| The DC Generator | |
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| Generator Construction | |
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| DC Generator Construction | |
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| Types of Armatures | |
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| Types of Armature Winding | |
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| Generator Voltage Output | |
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| Types of DC Generators | |
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| Separately Excited DC Generators | |
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| Self-Excited DC Generators | |
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| The Self-Excited Series DC Generator | |
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| The Self-Excited Shunt DC Generator | |
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| The Self-Excited Compound Generator | |
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| Voltage Regulation | |
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| Commutation in DC Generators | |
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| Armature Reaction in DC Generators | |
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| Compensating Windings and Interpoles | |
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| Review of DC Generators | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| The DC Motor | |
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| Converting Electrical Power to Mechanical Power | |
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| Principles of DC Motor Operation | |
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| Commutator Action in a DC Motor | |
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| Armature Reaction | |
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| DC Motor Torque | |
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| DC Motor Horsepower and Efficiency | |
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| Back EMF (Counter EMF) | |
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| Shunt Motors | |
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| Series Motors | |
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| Compound Motors | |
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| Comparison of DC Motor Characteristics--Speed Regulation | |
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| Reversing the Direction of Motor Rotation | |
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| Controlling the Speed of a DC Motor | |
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| Experiment/Application--DC Motor Speed Control--Back EMF | |
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| Review of DC Motors | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| DC Systems and Controls | |
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| Circuit Control Devices--Relays | |
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| Circuit Protection Devices--Circuit Breakers | |
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| DC Generator Voltage Regulators--Manual and Automatic | |
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| DC Generator Voltage Regulators--Automatic | |
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| DC Starters and Controllers | |
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| Shunt Motor Starters--Manual | |
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| Shunt Motor Starters--Automatic | |
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| DC Motor Speed Control | |
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| DC Aircraft Electrical System | |
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| Experiment/Application--Operation of DC Voltage Regulator | |
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| Review of DC Systems and Controls | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| DC Machinery Maintenance and Troubleshooting | |
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| Generator Maintenance | |
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| Commutators and Brushes | |
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| Insulation Breakdown--Shorts and Open Circuits | |
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| Bearing Lubrication and Maintenance | |
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| Troubleshooting Chart--DC Electrical Machines | |
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| AC Generators--Alternators | |
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| Introduction to AC Generators | |
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| Types of Alternators | |
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| Frequency of Alternator Output | |
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| Alternator Construction | |
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| AC Generator Characteristics | |
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| Single-Phase Alternator | |
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| Two-Phase Alternators | |
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| Three-Phase Alternators | |
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| Wye Connection | |
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| Delta Connection | |
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| Power in Three-Phase Circuits | |
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| Phase Sequence--Synchronizing Generators | |
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| Multiphase Transformers | |
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| Experiment/Application--Wye and Delta Transformer Connections | |
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| Review of AC Generators--Alternators | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| AC Motors | |
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| Types of AC Motors | |
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| Rotating Field | |
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| The Synchronous Motor | |
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| Induction Motors | |
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| Induction Motors--Slip | |
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| Induction Motors--Torque and Efficiency | |
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| Two-Phase Induction Motors | |
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| Single-Phase Motors | |
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| Single-Phase Induction Motors--Stator Fields | |
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| Single-Phase Induction Motors--Rotor Fields | |
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| Single-Phase Induction Motors--Split Phase | |
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| Single-Phase Induction Motors--Capacitor Motors | |
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| Single-Phase Induction Motors--Centrifugal Switch | |
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| Single-Phase Induction Motors--Shaded-Pole Motors | |
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| AC Series Motors--Universal Motors | |
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| Experiment/Application--AC Motor Power Factor | |
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| Review of AC Motors | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| AC Systems and Controls | |
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| Introduction to AC Controls--The Controller | |
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| Alternators--Voltage Regulators | |
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| The SEmiconductor Rectifier Diode | |
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| Rectifier Diode Circuits | |
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| Automatic Voltage Regulators--Field Controlled | |
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| Line Voltage Regulators | |
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| The Automobile Alternator System | |
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| Induction Motor Starters--Direct | |
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| Induction Motor Starters--Reduced Voltage | |
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| AC Motor Speed Controls | |
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| Electronic Motor Speed Controllers | |
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| Electronic Motor Speed Controllers and Lamp Dimmers | |
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| Experiment/Application--Lamp Dimmers | |
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| Review of AC Systems and Controls | |
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| Self-Test--Review Questions | |
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| AC Systems Troubleshooting | |
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| Troubleshooting AC Controls | |
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| Troubleshooting AC Circuits--Semiconductors | |
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| Troubleshooting Chart--AC Electrical Machines | |
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| Cumulative Index | |