Define
A three-terminal resistor with one or more sliding contacts that function as an adjustable voltage divider
Potentiometer
What is my tolerance with a gold band?
5%
What is constant in a series circuit?
Current
What is constant is a parallel circuit?
Voltage
What is like poles repel and unlike poles attract?
Law of Magnetism
The force that causes electricity to flow between two points with different electrical charges
Electromotive Force (EMF)
What is the multiplier for white?
1,000,000,000
If I have 3 resistors each valued at 475 and a voltage of 24 volts. What is my total current?
0.016842105263158 Amps
If I have 6 resistors what method do I need to utilize to find the total resistance?
Reciprocal Method
What is ohms law?
E=IR
The drift of electrons past a reference point
Current (I)
What is the ditty code to remember the color code?
Black beer rots our young guts but vodka goes well
If I have a source voltage of 25 volts with two resistors, one resistor is rated at 1k ohms and the other is rated at 2550 ohms. What is my current flow at the 1k resistor?
0.007042253521127 Amps
If I have two resistors in parallel, one is rated at 5k ohms and the other one is rated at 250 ohms. What is my total resistance?
238.0952380952381 ohms
If current increases what decreases?
Resistance
Power Rating
What is my ohmic value of my resistor that has blue, black, red, no color?
6000 +/- 5%
If I have a current flow of .012 amps and a resistance of 2k ohms. What is a source voltage valued at?
24 Volts
I have a source voltage of 120 volts, I have 5 resistors in parallel. Each resistor is rated at 250 ohms giving me a total resistance of 50 ohms. This then tells me I have 2.4 Amps for my total current. So what is my current reading across the short?
Infinite
What is a source?
A device that furnished the electrical energy used by a load
The opposition of current flow through a conductor
Resistance
What is my ohmic value of my resistor that has yellow, violet, brown, gold?
470 +/- 5%
If I have a total current flow of .0015 Amps and two resistors, one resistor is rated at 4375 ohms and the other resistor is rated at 3625 ohms. What is my voltage drop at the 3625 resistor?
5.4375 Volts
I have 3 resistors in parallel with a source voltage of 333.3333276 volts, the first resistor is rated at 5k ohms, the second resistor is rated at 1M ohms, and the final resistor is rated at 25 ohms. Giving me a total resistance of 23.80952324 ohms. That means I have a current reading of 14 amps. If I had an open on resistor 2, what would be the voltage drop on the final resistor?
333.3333276 volts
Within a combination circuit, what needs to be solved first having a single parallel and 2 resistors in series?
The single parallels total resistance