Questions tagged [current]
Flow of electric charge - typically movement of charge carriers, such as electrons. Measured in amperes (A).
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Current Transducer Usage
I'm just a bit confused about this current transducer/sensor
https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/current-transducers/1383472/
Datasheet: https://docs-emea.rs-online.com/webdocs/15c5/0900766b815c5532.pdf
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Electrical question - trouble with midget connector [on hold]
I own a bucket truck and so I got into there to install my midget connector. It's just a limited space there where I need to work.
So I climbed up there, got my pigtail wires out and I used my bull ...
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Difference between input current and supply current?
I am reading and trying to understand datasheet of ICs.
I am reading this datasheet now : http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/sn74hc00.pdf
In the table 6.5, there are two parameters namely Ii and Icc. ...
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Heathkit IP-27 bench PSU min. stays at 0.18V and there is a +0.1V for all the readings?
I've recently acquired a Heathkit IP-27 bench power supply. The supply itself works quite fine except that the minimum voltage it can be turned down to with the coarse adjustment is only 0.18V, doesn'...
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Output problems with lm124 opamp
I am using this circuit to supply current through R1 which is a 50Ohm coil. Opamp is Lm124 supplied as shown in the schematic. Vin is a voltage that can be between 2.5V and 3.5V. Everything works fine ...
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Neon Bulb Hold Voltage and Current
I'm trying to modify a neon bulb spice model to simulate a plasma chamber.
I've calculated the strike voltage (Vstrike) using Paschens law but I haven't been able to find out what the hold voltage/...
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how to determine the current in this circuit
After calculating total resistance and total current, I am applying current division and I obtain (6/6+6)*1A = 1/2 A. But in the answer key it is presented as 1/3 A.
What am I doing wrong?
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why current flow through ground wires of submersible 3 phase motor?
I have a 150 KW 3-phase submersible motor with 2 cables. Each cable is (3p + 1 ground).
When connected the 2 ground wires at the same point, I read about 15 A on the ground cable. Why current flow ...
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Nodal question with current-controlled voltage source connected to independent voltage source
so i've got a question here
the question is to calculate v1 & iΦ, of course for nodal analysis (v1/24) + ((v1-(60+6iΦ))/3) + ((v1-va)/2) = 0, but (with va as the node left of 2 ohm resistor) how ...
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Can MOSFET drain current be higher than rated if the drain-source voltage is below rating?
Sorry, a very noobish question here. I'm trying to understand if MOSFET ratings work on the principle that current and voltage are proportional (like Watts) or whether each rating is separate and ...
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Is my understanding of this level shifter correct
I am considering using this TI LSF0102 level shifter in my circuit - but would like to understand, based upon its datasheet, if I have my understanding correct.
It says it has a 100mA current rating, ...
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Graphene yarn used in stator design [on hold]
Can a current be induced in graphene yarn if used in a stator to replace the copper windings?
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What would the maximum current draw for this chip be?
I am looking at using this logic switch in my circuit:
https://www.onsemi.com/pub/Collateral/FSTD16211-D.pdf
Looking at the datasheet I am finding it hard to figure out what the maximum current draw ...
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What would be a good constant source of power for a motor? [on hold]
A couple of friends and i want to build an orrery.
We are having trouble in figuring out what would be a good power source for our motor. We are planning to use one motor to run the central gear ...
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What is the turn-on and turn-off condition of the npn-transistor?
Following is the circuit I have been analyzing. My intention is to calculate the turn on and off condition of the transistor Q1. R1 and R2 (10 kΩ each) are internal to the transistor.
simulate this ...
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Designing a circuit that opens when less than 12 volts are applied and closes when more than 12 are applied
I'm looking to build a circuit where current only flows when there is a potential difference across the entire circuit of more than 12 volts (+- 0.1 V). I also need there to be only a small amount of ...
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Path of current and equivalent resistance
In this circuit, the current can flow from node 1 to node 2 through two different paths i.e either thorugh R2 or (R1+R4). Since the current selects the easier path I expect the current to flow from R2 ...
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Why is current controlled feedback faster than voltage controlled feedback in PWM controllers?
Looking at modern ICs, we prefer current control feedback over voltage control feedback, due to the speed of the feedback. Current control will react faster than voltage control. Here are 2 images, ...
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What is harmful for electronic circuits? Voltage or electrical current?
Its said that if you get more electric current, the electronic device in a circuit will just take what it needs and its not dangerous, so if we raise the voltage and therefore the electric current ...
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TPS562208DDCT current problem
I have attached a PSU design which I have created. The input voltage is between 12 and 24V DC.
The first stage creates an isolated output voltage of 7V that is then fed into the two TPS562208DDCT (...
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Troubleshooting defective LED bulbs
I bought 10 Thomas Watt LED bulbs and 8 are dead in less than a year (each last about 2-3 months). Soometimes a couple of days before they stop working, they flicker when I switch them on or after ...
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Stall current calculation for DC motor
I'm trying to calculate the stall current for a 12 V DC gear motor (919D1481):
No load speed = 15800 RPM
No load current = 0.52 A
Nominal speed = 13360 RPM
Nominal current = 2.85 A
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Confusion of how current can flow in a 1+ henry LR circuit
I'm trying to understand how current actually flows in a circuit where you have a 1 Henry or greater inductor in it.
I understand that the voltage across the inductor is ...
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why would Ix would be 0?
Current coming out of the 5V source would never be 0 so what would make the current coming out of the 3v dependent source 0?
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A question about electrons, charges and current
Let's talk about DC, a very simple circuit: a light bulb and a battery.
Some authors say that electrons move from negative to positive and current from positive from negative.
I always thought ...
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DC current gain in complementary transistors
In Class-B amplifiers complementary PNP-NPN transistors are used, e.g. TIP2955 and TIP3055. https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/transistor/tran_3.html says that
They both have a DC current gain, ...
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Xbee Explorer Regulated (WRL-11373) - Current draw
Can anyone tell me roughly how much current the WRL-11373 draws? I've googled and looked on Sparkfun but can't find any info on it. It says here that the max supply current is 500 mA.
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(Textbook error?) Nyquist's relation: telegraph speed of transmission
An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise, by John R. Pierce, says the following:
In 1917, Harry Nyquist came to the American Telephone and Telegraph Company immediately ...
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Current Rating of JST connector PER PIN
Hi,
I'm just wondering about the current rating of the JST-XH and JST-VH connectors PER pin. For example, in the XH connector above, **
it says 3A current rating, is that split between all pins or ...
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What is the value of the current (i) and what is the right way to do it? [duplicate]
What exactly went wrong with the below method?
Here, in the same circuit I am getting a different value for the current in the mid wire only by rearranging the circuit.
I was trying to solve this ...
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Run actuator at higher voltage and with lower dutycycles
I have an actuator which is rated at 12 VDC input voltage (0-15) with a maximum allowed duty cycle of 20%. The already existing voltage levels in my system are 5V and 22V, and since I am weight ...
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Off load voltage in npn transistor as a switch
There is transistor tutorial on sparkfun.com (https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/transistors/all). I am wondering why there is 1.3 V drop depicted across the LED1 on the picture, since when the base ...
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Ampere requirements [duplicate]
I read question from someone who was having monitor with 90 W power, 19 V and 3.32 A rating. When calculated using volt and power the amp came out to be 4.74 A. I didn't understand why is there ...
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How is electricity wasted?
All i know is electric current travels in a loop. So how / where in its way does electricity (electric energy) get wasted?
And what do we do on switching electric appliances off? If it's not electric ...
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JFET Voltage Divider design question
I've been trying to get this question done for a couple of days now and no matter how much I try I've been unable to get it done. Your help in this question is greatly appreciated.
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9V Battery Current Range
What is the range of currents that I can safely draw out of a 9V battery without damaging it?
I am planning to design an experiment and I don't want to draw too much of current out of a battery and ...
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Power of the Zener diode
In this circuit there are several things required like the inductor and diode current, and the average power of the inductor, but what does really puzzle me is how can calculate the zener average ...
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How to deduce the current function from the graph?
I want to express the current function based on the next graph
So using the slope and the coordinates in the third interval the current will be
\$i(t)=\begin{cases}
0\,A & 0\,s<t<t_{1}\,s\\
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Output current in collector of BC107
I am working on following circuit involving BC107 NPN Philips TO-92 transistor and voltage source of 4.2 V.
simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
I got some confusion when ...
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LED current rating
I have an unknown LED, I think it was previously run off of ~14vDC.
I want to repower it - I have a 5vDC 3A power supply.
I dont know the LED rating so I've rigged it up to a simple series circuit.
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Power bank multiple output currents
I've been working on a simple power bank project that's been built using Li-ion batteries, the batteries are rated 3.3 V.
I've implemented a charge controller which can efficiently charge the power ...
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How can you have high voltage and low current
I’ve read in another article, that you can have low current and high voltage simply by having a resistor in your circuit. From what I understand, current is the flow of electrons and voltage is the ...
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is there a relation between node voltage and the mesh current?
so i have a complex system of resistors i was able to calculate the mesh current of each loop . i was wondering if i can calculate the voltage of a node using the information of the resistor value and ...
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How is it that two electric currents can travel in opposite directions on the same wire, at the same time, without interfering with each other? [duplicate]
An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise, by John R. Pierce, says the following:
While linearity is a truly astonishing property of nature, it is by no means a rare one. ...
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What does the current distribution look like on an antenna?
This is more of a conceptual question, but I am struggling with understanding the current distribution on a radiating antenna.
I understand how it travels, but how do we know? Is there some paper or ...
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Voltage to current circuit simulation problem
I want to control current through of R8 resistor adjusting VS1 voltage. VS1 increased from 0 to 5V, but AM1 and VF1 don't increase or change.
Is there anybody give an idea about the mistake?
After ...
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Amperage rating of thermal fuse
Consider this SW-104T thermal fuse. It has a current rating of 10A.
Does this mean that in addition to its thermal fuse capabilities (blowing at a certain temperature profile), it also behaves as a ...
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If one sends short bursts of electric current that abruptly turn on and off, why does the receiver receive a smoothed-out current?
An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise, by John R. Pierce, says the following:
The difficulty which Morse encountered with his underground wire remained an important ...
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How to calculate current through a resistor and LED?
Question C asks how's to calculate the current over the led and 3k resistor? Can someone please help me understand how to do it?
