Amperage Definition and 48 Threads

If you have 3 phase power and let's say line A & B = 10 amperes line B & C = 10 amperes line C & A = 10 amperes For the single line B. Since it's in both in the first and second lines, then B can experience 10 + 10 = 20 Amperes? Or is it 15 A or still 10 Ampere? Thank you.

Researching for a Scifi novel that depends heavily upon electricity...something I don't know much about! Any input would be appreciated! My situation: Somebody is trying to sneak through a high powered electric fence. Is it at all feasible to short out the fence somehow -- like, connecting it...

I'm trying to figure out how to calculate how much energy is stored in a battery between certain voltages. I know capacity is traditionally calculated by multiplying amps drawn by nominal voltage by time, but this seems like an approximation because voltage decreases as the battery is...

So, I know the basic equation of W=V*A, but how would I physically do this in a circuit? Say I have 90W=19V*4.74A (http://www.chargerbuy.com/replacement-hp-90w-smart-ac-adapter-19v-474a.html?gclid=CjwKEAiAi-_FBRCZyPm_14CjoyASJAClUigOPligEwQ9DD87xaDL8SQcvxNtWCeo_2nl68GmdozOoxoCbW3w_wcB) for...

Batteries are connected in parallel. Multimeter shows: 1,5V AND... "0.12A" regardless of battery number. Volts stay the same but should not Amps add up in parallel? "0.12A" with 4, 5 or 6 batteries... Details: Amps measured correctly by closing the circuit with multimeter probes (bulb lights...

ok i want to make 1g/sec of hydrogen out of an unlimited supply of water, i know the electrolysis won't start below 1.48 volts, let suppose i am supplying 2 volts of DC current, i need to find out the total wattage for electrolysis, for this i need the amount of current required to produce 1...

The circuit breakers of my house say that they are 15a (the majority of them). The rms voltage is 120v for the outlets, and so the peak voltage is about 170v. I was wondering, if I hypthetically connected the terminals together with a 10 ohm resistor, would the breaker trip? I don't know if the...

Hello. I have been running several experiments on an electrolytic cell, and I am trying to determine if side products are being formed at higher voltages. My thinking is that once the initial potential barrier is broken, and the resistance stabilizes, a volt vs amperage graph should be linear...

If current is always the same in a series circuit then how is a transformer able to make the current smaller when it increases the voltage? is this just an exception since with the voltage being higher the same amount of power is being provided?

I feel that I don't understand how voltage works in a circuit. I understand voltage to be electric potential energy per unit charge (kq/r). In the case of a circuit, electrons flow from low potential to high potential. But I don't understand how resistors cause a voltage drop. Isn't voltage...

Im looking into getting an electrician... but it drives me crazy when I don't know why something is done a certain way. I bought a Bendpak 10000 lb automotive lift. the motor supplied is 220 single phase or 3 phase (i am using single phase) the motor for 220 single phase is supplied with a...

I have a motorcycle battery which is 6Ah, with a maximum charging current of 0.6A/h. Is there a method of charging it whilst using a 2.7Adc (4A RMS) charger? I was thinking using resistors in parallel or series between the charger and the battery, but I am not sure exactly how.

I had been looking at my Grandpa's Trike and here are some of its stats: 1 HP 24V 42.4A 3200rpm (battery 2 12V 700-800A connected in series) my concluded watts per horsepower about 1017.6 w/HP Now a different motor Tesla's Model S's motor 416HP 2 motors 85kWh battery concluded watts per...

Hello all, I'm new to the forum, and hoping someone in here can help figure out the answer to my dilemma. I'm debating whether to build a new phase converter for a 3 phase welder, or reconfigure my current welder from 230VAC to 460VAC. I know the standard equation for watts is- Watts =...

I have a VFD fan that pushes air through a filter. Over time, downstream resistance gets higher due to the filter. Fan speed remains constant. We have looked at amperage draw and it has remained stable even with this added resistance. Does that mean that air flow remains constant? Kind of...

Hey everyone, I wish to spark no heated debate, but is it possible, to have a flow of electriciy with a high voltage amount but at low amps? Or vice versa, low voltage but very high amps? What would need such dis-proportioned measurements? And finally, which would be more deadly. Is...

Hello everyone. This is my first post, I hope I'm in the right place. I'm a home inspector and belong to a group who posts topics about various different things including electrical questions. The question was asked about an electrical panel which housed two 60 amp main fuses. The service...

Dear Experts If I have 50 farads at 12 v, does this mean this power bank can discharge 600amps in 1 second based on 1 farad = 1 amp per second per volt ? Thanks for reading. Regards Ramone

I am currently in an engineering project which is attempting to hook up some solar panels to run an irrigation pump. Right now, the pump that we have is a marine Bilge pump that says that at 12 Volts and 7 Amperes it can pump at around 3.3 Gallons Per Minute. We were provided with a standard...

if i increase the amperage in an induction motor, will the induction motor spin faster? and vise versa?

Homework Statement You are working with a device in a black box which has two terminals, which are in turn, part of a larger circuit. You measure the voltage and the current at the terminals and record the following: vi (V) | i1 (A) 100 | 0 120 | 4 140 | 8 160 | 12 180 | 16 a...

What are the advantages of having high amperage? By the way, I'm rather new to electronics. I know that having high-voltage reduces the energy loss through the wire, and you don't need as thick a wire. But I cannot find the advantages of high amperage on the internet. This may be due to my...

Was wondering if I kept the wattage for say a 100 watt bulb constant but varied the voltage would the light be able to continue functioning normally? Also, assuming this is true does this hold for more complicated circuitry? Thanks.

Dear Experts I bought some 3 Farad electrolytic capacitors at 2.5v each. I am wondering how much amperage can i get from 1 such capacitors if charged fully and then discharged fully? I think this is measured in Amp-hours. Is there a formula to derive the amperage from the capacitor's...

Hello. I am trying to wire 40 LED bulbs to a power supply i bought with them. Each bulb has a forward current of 100 mA. So, I calculated I would need 4 amps of current to power the lights if I wired them all in parallel. However, the power supply I purchased Says 12V DC 12.5 Amp. Is that...

dear experts i saw a solar charger the size of an iphone that has high amperage rating of over 1000mA to 2000mA. Based on the solar cell size i estimate it to produce at most 250mA at around 5 volts. I like to know how the high amperageis derived. is it using super capacitors ? if...

Hi all, I am trying to determine what is the maximum number of amps I can charge 4 batteries that are in parallel and series ( 4x12V batteries) to produce 24 volts. I have the specs on the batteries and everything but can not seem to determine how many amps they can handle when being...

I need to figure out how to correctly calculate the Current being created from a leyden jar I have. I am attaching a print screen of a matchcad calculation that shows what I have done. However, I am calculating extremely high amperage. I believe my calculation is correct down to my charge, but I...

Does anyone have a formula for the current in a series RCL circuit, if I have the: resonance frequency, current at resonance, capacitance (only one resistor, one capacitor, and one inductor), the voltage of the battery attached, and resistance?

Hello there i have an idea i want to try to build and i want to see what you think. I want to build a tesla coil that instead of making high voltage low amperage switch the coil sizes around so i have something that makes high amperage and low voltage say about 300-500 amps. Then i...

My cars factory wire diagram is not that helpful - If a wire is feeding a terminal block that supplies 12v to a 20amp circuit (power windows) and the other is a 30amp circuit (A/C), and the possibility exists for both circuits to be drawing max amperage, shouldn't that main supply wire be able...

What happens if you take a high amperage supply from a transformer so that current was forced to flow a certain way in a conductor and you arc a high voltage supply over to this conductor also would you have high amperage and high voltage?

i wanted to say hi and i have a couple questions. I'm letting everyone know that i have the electrical understanding of a basic beginner. first question: what are the effects of a voltage multiplier on amperage? second question: is there an amperage multiplier? thanks.

What is the typical Amperage that comes into a normal household?

Hello all, I am an AP Chemistry student currently studying electrochemistry. The other day, some friends of mine and I discovered some waste copper oxide laying around the lab. We thought, "Why not reduce all the copper out of this?", and so we set to work. We got our experiment...

I am trying to understand a personal dilemma. I would like to hook up an automobile headlight bulb to a custom made battery pack. What I don't understand is how amps are related to the circuit. Let's say I took (2) 6volt lantern batteries and wired them in a parallel circuit. Now that would be...

I see some devices have voltage and amperage ratings on them. Are these just the recommended operating conditions? Or are they something else? Also, how do engineers determine how much voltage and current does a circuit need? I see ratings for resistivity as well. Why does resistivity...

Does anyone know of a way to convert AC amperage to voltage? I need a way to do this so I can use normal electronical components instead of having to design my own.

Hello All- COuld someone please give me a primer on DC as it pertains to voltage, amperage and wattage. Specifically, if I have a motor that i need to run at very low RPM (50 -150), how does the motor compare across a 12v system vs. a 24, 48 or even 60v system. Do 60v systems run more...

Hello, I'm hoping that by asking this question I can save myself a couple of bucks. I have a DC power supply for a router that is rated for 1.0 A. My router stopped working, and I traced the problem to the power supply. It's a 12 V supply putting out 0.1 V. I have other 12 V supplies, but...

Someone told me that "low resistance leads to high amperage". I said that higher resistance is actually what leads to high amperage. Which is correct?

how do you minimize resistance on a power line if there is a large amount voltage and low amperage being sent through it to a house and the house ends up with a lot of power? :rolleyes:

Hello, I was wondering if anyone knew a calculation or method to determine the amount of current moving through a given material, knowing the resistance of the material, the specific heat and the temperature (while the material is actually being heated by current). Thanks, -scott

Hello All, I have a personal "garage tinkering" project I'm working on which involves the production of magnetically induced electricity. I've been using Faraday's Law to figure the estimated voltage output of various coils under various conditions. However, I have been unable to find a/the...

Hi, I've been having some problems with a homework question. In the problem it tells me the resistance of a resistor, and how many electrons pass through it in a given time. t = 5min. #e = 4.4E21. I need to find V. So, I need to find I since I know R. How do I do this? The only formula I...

Hi all, I'm currently doing some work trying to optimize coils (basically a large center hole solenoid) for a series of experiments. Two of the variables I'm going to be able to adjust are wire gauge of the coil and amperage through the coil. Online, I have found 'rule of thumb'...

I don't understand how these tasers that have 50,000V only produce a very low amperage. According to Ohm's law that should kill you. Voltage divided by the persons resistance (Ohms). Getting shocked by static electricity has 5000V, but doesn't kill you because there is no circuit involved, just...

I know this isn't quite what you mean when you say electrical engineering, but, how many amps is a standard three-pronged edison plug rated at? Also, what is common house wiring rated at? I believe that a three-pronged plug is rated at 15 amps and that logically the wiring should be able to...