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Basic Electricity I VIDEOS ONLY
WHAT THIS CLASS IS AND HOW IT WORKS
Welcome/ How This Class Works (2:34)
Course Description/Syllabus
How this class works Quiz
UNIT #1- ATOMIC STRUCTURE
Atomic Structure- What is Electricity? (Part 1) (7:55)
Atomic Structure- Part 2 (6:51)
Electron Orbital Movement (6:48)
Electron Movement Between Atoms (12:07)
Insulators, Conductors and Semi-Conductors (7:11)
Electromotive Force... or Voltage- What is it? (6:10)
Positive & Negative Charges (6:18)
How Batteries Work (12:58)
5 Ways Voltage is Created (7:42)
Magnetism and Electricity (Part 1) (5:46)
Magnetism and Electricity (Part 2) (7:42)
D.C. vs. A.C. Electricity (4:03)
UNIT #2- ELECTRICAL QUANTITIES & OHM'S LAW
Electromotive Force- Voltage- What is it? (11:33)
What are Amps? (8:59)
Understanding Amps (Continued) (7:05)
Ohm's Law Introduced (6:24)
Understanding Resistance- Ohms (6:18)
A Final Note On Resistance (1:58)
Watts? What's a Watt? (10:13)
Introduction to Metric Prefixes (3:59)
Using Metric Prefixes (11:32)
How to Use Ohm's Law Wheel (9:46)
Order of Operations- PEMDAS (9:28)
Squaring and Square Roots (9:34)
PIE & EIR (7:24)
Practicing Ohms Law Calculations (9:31)
Practice (continued) (9:33)
Practice (continued) (8:22)
Conventional Vs. Electron Flow Theories (10:31)
Understanding Safety Concerns by Using Ohm's Law (11:01)
UNIT #3- STATIC ELECTRICITY
What is Static? The Danger it Presents... (10:29)
Understanding "Potential" (11:24)
A little more on "Potential" (3:44)
UNIT #4- MAGNETISM
Magnetic Lines of Flux (5:57)
A Basic Law of Physics... and a Very IMPORTANT ONE... (9:12)
How to Manipulate the Magnetic Field... The Power of the COIL (8:27)
A Glimpse into A.C. Production (13:02)
UNIT #5- RESISTORS
Introduction to Resistor Types (9:26)
Not all Resistors are Created Equal (10:45)
"Power Rating" of a Resistor (9:02)
Reading "Band" Resistor Charts (11:37)
Reading Bands (Practice) (11:49)
Reading "Standard Resistance" Charts (10:07)
Understanding Tolerance & Percentage (9:57)
Working with Percentages (practice) (7:04)
UNIT #6- SERIES CIRCUITS
Components of Circuit (8:36)
Rule #1- Voltage (7:10)
Understanding Voltage drops (9:48)
No Pressure After the Last Resistor? (10:24)
Rule #2- Current (7:48)
Rule #3- Resistance (9:53)
Rule #4- Watts (5:29)
Using the Rules to Calculate Series Circuits (12:09)
Example #1 (7:39)
Example #2 (7:49)
Example #3 (7:23)
Example #4 (6:55)
Example #5 (7:43)
A Note about "Rounding" (7:28)
Example #6 (11:45)
UNIT #7- PARALLEL CIRCUITS
Parallel Circuits Defined (11:00)
Rule #1- Voltage (10:53)
Rule #2- Current (6:29)
Rule #3- Resistance (8:23)
Understanding "Product over Sum" (7:23)
"Product over Sum" (Continued) (9:59)
Practice Opportunity #1- Solving for Resistance (7:51)
Practice Opportunity #2- Solving for Resistance (9:48)
Rule #4- Watts (6:28)
Using the Rules to Calculate Parallel Circuits (8:45)
Example #1 (5:57)
Example #2 (11:38)
Example #3 (6:22)
UNIT #8- COMBINATION CIRCUITS
Combination Circuits Defined (9:43)
Solving for Total Resistance in a Combination Circuit (11:50)
Example #1 (7:52)
Example #2 (9:34)
Example #3 (11:31)
Example #4 (7:27)
Example #5 (5:34)
Example #6 (8:07)
Solving Other Values in a Combination Circuit (9:22)
Solving for other values (continued) (7:05)
Solving for other values (part 3) (7:11)
Kirchoff's Current Law Introduced (9:15)
Kirchoff's Voltage Law Introduced (5:40)
UNIT 9- MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
An Explanation of Unit 9 (6:43)
UNIT #10- USING WIRING TABLES AND DETERMINING CONDUCTOR SIZES
Understanding "Ampacity" (10:28)
Factors That Limit Ampacity (11:28)
Intro to NEC Charts (Part 1) (9:53)
Intro to NEC Charts (Part 2) (10:09)
Intro to NEC Charts (Part 3) (7:28)
An explanation about the formulas in Unit 10 (8:02)
UNIT #11- CONDUCTION IN LIQUIDS AND GASES
Introduction to Unit 11 (1:54)
UNIT #12- BATTERIES & OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY
What is a Battery? (9:04)
Calculating How Long a Battery Will Last (7:12)
How To Wire Batteries for Desired Results (9:41)
Welcome/ How This Class Works
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