Section 1 Fundamentals of Electricity and Electronics 16
Chapter 1 Science of Electricity and Electronics 17
1.1 THE NATURE OF MATTER 17
Molecule and the Atom 17
Electrons, Protons, and Neutrons 18
Ionization 19
1.2 STATIC ELECTRICITY 20
Law of Charges 20
Experiment 1-1: Demonstrating the Law of Charges 21
Applied E&E: Copy Machines 22
Experiment 1-2: Examining Electrical Induction and
Conduction 23
The Coulomb 23
Electrostatic Fields 23
Induction 24
Static Electricity Applications 24
1.3 BASIC ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT 25
Voltage 26
Current 26
Resistance 26
Current, AC and DC 27
Conventional Current Flow vs. Electron Flow Theory 28
Series and Parallel 28
Fire Safety 29
1.4 OHM'S LAW 30
Electrical Prefixes 31
Chapter 2 Basic Instruments and Measurements 33
2.1 BASIC ANALOG METER MOVEMENT 33
Iron Vane Meter Movement 34
Meter Scales 35
2.2 AMMETER 36
2.3 VOLTMETER 38
Voltmeter Sensitivity 40
Loading a Circuit 40
2.4 OHMMETERS 41
Ohmmeter Scales 42
2.5 THE VOLT-OHM-MILLIAMMETER (VOM) 42
Digital Multimeters 43
Computer Display Meters 44
AC Meter Readings 45
Important Meter Information 45
Electric Shock 46
2.6 ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS 48
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