Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force: Powerpoint Lectures For
Current, Resistance, and Electromotive Force: Powerpoint Lectures For
• Current I = dQ/dt
[Amps]
– drift velocity vd
– time element dt
– Cross-sectional area A
• dQ = q (nAvd dt)
Ideal I =
12V/6
=2A
Using voltmeters and ammeters
What do Ammeters and Voltmeters do to circuits?
Using voltmeters and ammeters
What do Ammeters and Voltmeters do to circuits?
Ammeters measure
flow of current PAST a
point.
Ideally, R(ammeter) = 0!
Voltmeters measure
pressure difference
across (or between)
points in the circuit.
Ideally, R(voltmeter) = !
Voltmeter in Series!
R(voltmeter) =
• [POWER] = [WATTS]
Remove
this!
Power in a short circuit
• What’s a KWh??
PGE Rates & Meanings….
• What’s a KWh??
• Kilowatt = 1000 Watts = 1000 Joules/Second
• Kilowatt-hour = 1000 Watts x 3600 seconds
• = 3.6 x 106 Joules = 3.6 MegaJoules
• = 3.6 MJ
• How much energy do I use?
• 100W light bulb 5 hours at night to study physics?
• 0.1 KW x 5 hours = 0.5 KWh @ $.18/KWh
• Only 9 CENTS!!! (See!! Study physics more!)
What do we use on average in the US?
Sources:
1 US Department of Energy [Internet]. How much electricity does an American home use? 2012
Oct 3. http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3
2 Energy in the United States. (2016, March 7). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved
March 7, 2016, from
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Energy_in_the_United_States&oldid=708828662