Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics
Part 1 direct current1 Basic Physics Concepts 3 Atoms 3 Protons, Neutrons and Atomic Numbers3 isotopes and atomic weights 4 electrons 4 ions 6 compounds 6 molecules7 Conductors 8 Insulators 8 Resistors 9 Semiconductors 9 Electricity 10 Static electricity 11 Electromotive force 12 Non-electric energy 13 Test 142 Electrical units 17 The volt 17 Current flow 18 The ampere 19 Resistance and ohms 20 Conductivity and Siemens 22 Power and watts 23A word about notation 24 Energy and watt-hour 25 Other units of energy 26 Alternating current and hertz27 Rectification and pulsating direct current 28 Safety aspects in electrical work 30 Magnetism 30 Magnetic units 32 Test 323 Measuring devices 36 Electromagnetic deflection 36 Electrostatic deflection 38 Thermal heating39 Ammeter 39 Voltmeter 41 Ohmmeter 43 Multimeter 44 FET voltmeter 44 Wattmeter 45 Watt-hour meter 46 Meters with digital display 46 Frequency counters 47 Other types of meters 47 Testing4 Basic Concepts of DC Circuits 55 Schematic Symbols 55 Circuit Diagrams and Schematics 56 Voltage/Current/Resistance Circuits 57 Ohm’s Law 58 Current Calculations 59 Voltage Calculations 60 Resistance Calculations 60 Power Calculations 61 Series Resistors 62 Parallel Resistors 63 Power Division 64Series Parallel Resistors 64 Quiz 655 Analysis of DC circuits 69 Current through series resistors 69 Voltages through series resistors 70 Voltage through parallel resistors 72 Currents through parallel resistors