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

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

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

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

MOST ELECTRICITY USED IS AC 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 1\60 SECOND 1 HERTZ 1 CYCLE FREQUENCY

ALTERNATING CURRENT PRODUCED BY: POWER PLANTS GENERATORS ALTERNATORS DYNAMOS

AC POWER DISTRIBUTION

GROUNDING provides a path to earth for lightning 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 CURRENT FLOWS ALWAYS IN THE SAME DIRECTION

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

RECTIFIED AC RECTIFIED AC: COMUTATOR DIODES RECTIFIED AC aka DC AC

AC/DC SUMMARY + + +

SERIES CIRCUITS

PARALLEL CIRCUITS

SERIES/PARALLEL CIRCUITS 3 VOLTS 2X AMPS

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

SERIES – PARALLEL CIRCUITS SWITCH CLOSED

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

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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

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