Baisc Electrical Installation Work
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Alternating current theory
Commercial quantities electricity for industry, commerce and domes-
tic use are generated a.c. large Power Stations and distributed around
the United Kingdom the National Grid the end user.c.
This a. The basic principle of
the a.c.c.c.1
except that powerful electromagnets are used and the power for rotation
comes from steam turbine.
Rotating simple loop wire coils wire between the poles mag-
net such that shown simplified Fig. The d.c. voltage the loop coils wire as
shown the display cathode ray oscilloscope. 10. generator alternator.c. elec-
tricity has many applications where portability emergency stand-by
supply important but for large quantities power has an
a. circuit
before going consider the practical circuits resistance, inductance
and capacitance acting together.
Cathode
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oscilloscope
Rotation
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Carbon brushes
Slip rings
FIGURE 10. supply because easy change the voltage levels using a
transformer. supply generated Power Station exactly the same Fig. circuit
definitions
● Write them down helps.1 will cut the north south lines
of magnetic flux and induce a. 10. Let first define some our terms of
reference.
In this section will first all consider the theoretical circuits pure
resistance, inductance and capacitance acting alone a.c. supply, alternating current supply.c.1
Simple a.
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Key Fact
Definitions
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