AC Fundamentals
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Wheatstone Bridge – Circuit, Working, Derivation and Applications
What is Wheatstone Bridge? Construction, Operation, Example and Applications Wheatstone Bridge Wheatstone bridge is an electrical circuit which is used to calculate unknown resistance. It was also used to calibrate…
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Right Hand Grip/Thumb Rule, Corkscrew Rule & End/Clock Rule
Right Hand Thumb Gripping Rule, Corkscrew Rule, Clock Rule or End Rule For Current & Magnetic Field Direction A Danish physicist Hans Christian Orsted in 1820 discovered the relation between…
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Voltage & Current Divider Rules (VDR & CDR) Equations
Voltage Divider Rule (VDR) & Current Divider Rule (CDR) Equations & Formulas Voltage division and current division are useful techniques which are used to express the voltage and current across…
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Formula and Equations For Capacitor and Capacitance
Capacitor and Capacitance Formulas and Equations The following formulas and equations can be used to calculate the capacitance and related quantities of different shapes of capacitors as follow. Capacitance of…
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Formula and Equations For Inductor and Inductance
Inductor and Inductance Formulas and Equations The following formulas and equations can be used to calculate the inductance and related quantities of different shapes of inductors as follow. Inductance of…
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Advantages of Three Phase System Over Single Phase System
Advantages of 3-Phase Power over Single Phase Power System A three phase power generation, transmission and distribution system is very common around the world due to solid advantages over single…
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Difference Between Single Phase and Three Phase Power Supply
Main Difference between Single Phase & Three Phase Power Supply The power generation and distribution started in mid-1880 and since then the AC power supply has been used for powering…
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What is Electrical Power? Types of Electric Power and their Units
What is Electric Power & How to Calculate its Different Types with Units Electricity is one of the basic necessities in these modern times & we cannot imagine our life…
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Difference Between Electric Current and Electric Charge
Main Difference Between Charge and Current Electric charge and current are related quantities but they are different from each other. The main difference between current and charge: Current: It is…
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Analysis of a Simple R-L Circuit with AC and DC Supply
Analysis of a Simple R-L Circuit and Inductor Behavior Analysis of a Simple R-L Circuit with DC Supply: The circuit shown in Figures-1 is a simple R-L circuit (it has…
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