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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. ALTERNATING CURRENT
POSITIVE HALF CYCLE
NEGATIVE HALF CYCLE

7. ALTERNATING CURRENT
1\60 SECOND
1 HERTZ
1 CYCLE
FREQUENCY

8. ALTERNATING CURRENT PRODUCED BY: POWER PLANTS GENERATORS ALTERNATORS
DYNAMOS

9. AC POWER DISTRIBUTION

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

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

12. The Power Distribution System

13. DIRECT CURRENT
CURRENT FLOWS ALWAYS IN THE SAME DIRECTION

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

15. RECTIFIED AC
RECTIFIED AC: COMUTATOR
DIODES
RECTIFIED AC
aka DC AC

16. AC/DC SUMMARY + + +

17. SERIES CIRCUITS

18. PARALLEL CIRCUITS

19. SERIES/PARALLEL CIRCUITS
3 VOLTS
2X AMPS

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

21. SERIES – PARALLEL CIRCUITS
SWITCH CLOSED

22. 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.

23. RESISTANCE & VOLTAGE DROP

24. HIGH RESISTANCE = LOW CURRENT / HIGH VOLTAGE DROP

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27. N S

28. N S

29. N S

30. N S

31. N S

32. N S

33. N S

34. N S

37. 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.

38. S N

39. S N

40. S N

41. S N

42. S N

43. S N

44. S N

45. S N

46. S N

47. S N

48. S N

49. S N

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

51. S N

52. But how do I hook them up?

53. S N

54. 3 PHASE DELTA INDUSTRIAL

55. 3 PHASE WYE COMMERCIAL

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

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