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Dec 6, 2018

Experiment: Potentiometer as rheostat

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Potentiometer as a Rheostat PARTS AND MATERIALS 6 volt battery Potentiometer, single turn, 5 kΩ, linear taper (Radio Shack catalog # ...
May 2, 2018

Experiment: Precision potentiometer

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Precision potentiometer PARTS AND MATERIALS Two single-turn, linear-taper potentiometers, 5 kΩ each (Radio Shack catalog # 271-1714) ...

Experiment: Rheostat range limiting

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Rheostat range limiting PARTS AND MATERIALS Several 10 kΩ resistors One 10 kΩ potentiometer, linear taper (Radio Shack catalog # 271...

Experiment: Thermoelectricity

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Thermoelectricity PARTS AND MATERIALS Length of bare (uninsulated) copper wire Length of bare (uninsulated) iron wire Candle Ice cu...

Experiment: Multimeter

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Make your own multimeter PARTS AND MATERIALS Sensitive meter movement (Radio Shack catalog # 22-410) Selector switch, single-pole, mu...

Experiment: Voltage detector, sensitive

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Sensitive voltage detector PARTS AND MATERIALS High-quality "closed-cup" audio headphones Headphone jack: female receptacl...
Apr 26, 2018

Experiment: Potentiometric voltmeter

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Potentiometric voltmeter PARTS AND MATERIALS Two 6 volt batteries One potentiometer, single turn, 10 kΩ, linear taper (Radio Shack c...
Mar 19, 2018

Core saturation of transformer

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Core saturation Transformers are also constrained in their performance by the magnetic flux limitations of the core. For ferromagne...
Mar 11, 2018

Single-phase power systems

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Single-phase                              Depicted above is a very simple AC circuit. If the load resistor's power dissipation were...

Concept of Phase rotation

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Phase rotation Let's take the three-phase alternator design laid out earlier and watch what happens as the magnet rotates: The...