Topic 3

Voltage

Learning objectives

By the end of this section you will be able to:

  • Define voltage and distinguish between voltage rise and voltage drop.

  • Explain a few examples of applications at various ranges of voltage.

  • Establish a convention by which we can distinguish between energy supplied to an element, and energy that is supplied by the element itself.
               

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