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The Secret To Learning Basic Ohms Law
The Secret To Learning Basic Ohms Law
By Greg S. Carpenter
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copyright 2004
In this short lesson I will show you a simple method that will
teach you some basic ohms law theory in about 10 minutes!
Many people feel that the underlying principles behind the
operation of modern electronic equipment are really far too
complex to bother learning, but that idea is completely false.
In fact, there is a very simple way to learn a few of the
basics by using everyday experience you already have.
For example, think about the water pipes in your house, it
takes a certain amount of pressure to cause any water to
flow out of the faucet.
The more pressure, the more flow.
The other variable is the pipe.
With the same amount of pressure, if you make the pipe
smaller in diameter less water will flow. Larger diameter,
more flow.
Now do this mind trick, think of electric voltage as pressure,
and electric current as flow.
The higher the voltage (pressure) the higher will be the
current flow.
R=E/I
'E' is the symbol for voltage and it comes from the term
"Electro Motive Force" or EMF as it's known
(in other words, pressure).
R of course is for resistance, and for reasons even I don't
know, "I" stands for current.
Alright then once again...
E = volts
I = current
R = resistance
If you know any two values you can find the third. For
example if you know the current and the voltage
you can find the resistance. Now back to our circuit.