Electricity is ideal for use in introductory or short courses. This textbook familiarizes students with basic principles of electricity and their practical applications. Through easy-to-understand text, it provides information on sources of electricity, types of circuits, operating principles of electric motors, measuring instruments, generators and transformers, inductance, capacitance, and solid-state devices. Chapter 19 includes a soldering/desoldering primer and 10 hands-on electrical projects.
1. The Electrician 2. Volts, Amperes, Ohms 3. Meters, Reading a Meter 4. Ohm's Law 5. Power 6. Series Circuits 7. Parallel Circuits 8. Sources of Electricity - Batteries 9. Sources of Electricity - Friction, Heat, Pressure, Light 10. Magnetism | 11. Motors 12. Direct Current Generators 13. Alternating Current 14. Capacitance 15. Inductance 16. Transformers 17. Semiconductors 18. Integated Circuits 19. Electrical/Electronic Projects |
