Electrical Theory

[Shockedby277v]

Anyone know any good sites for FREE on electrical theory??? I need to do some studying and not the richest man on the planet. The local library has absolutly nothing ... the one book they did have was on 96 code.

Thnx

 

[George Stolz]

Re: Electrical Theory

Cruise over to the ECN forum and scroll down to the "Technical" area. Scott Thompson has spent a lot of time providing material for that site.

 

[roger]

Re: Electrical Theory

Shocked, along with Scotts excellent info that George linked you to, this page has some very good info too.

Roger

 

[peteo]

Re: Electrical Theory

My local library was a dud, too... then I visited their website. In the 'databases' area, are just great things, in particular a full set of technical textbooks. On the web, I've found the following. No specifics (SCCR calculations, motor starting, protective relaying, lighting, etc) but each of these has a 'guided, general' treatment of electrical theory. Hope you find something useful.

Introductory: Some articles at allaboutcircuits, tpub (public domain military) , eaton basics 101, siemens 'step' series. Higher level, found a marvelous collection of lectures here which MIT graciously allows public access to. I'm sure there are better, but these are what I've used for general theory...

 

[Shockedby277v]

Re: Electrical Theory

thnx all

 

[charlie b]

Re: Electrical Theory

Originally posted by Shockedby277v: The local library has absolutely nothing.

Did you speak with the Reference Librarian? They can get information from all over the world in just a few minutes. They can find the types of sites that several Forum members have listed here, and many others.

You can even have an on-line "chat" with a Reference Librarian any time of the day or night. They can show you (not just give you the links to) any number of sites with relevant information. Ask your local library if they participate in a "24/7" reference program, or just look up "24/7 reference" on Google or Teoma or another search engine.

{You get three guesses to figure out what my wife does for a living.}

 

[bdarnell]

Re: Electrical Theory

Originally posted by charlie b:

{You get three guesses to figure out what my wife does for a living.}

Bet it has something to do with the Dewey Decimal System.

 

[lanowets]

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I stumbled across this site while searching for info to keep my students interested. I hope you like it, i thought it was great for the theory.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

 

[pierre]

Re: Electrical Theory

Lanowets
For your first post, you provided an outstanding site.Welcome to the site.

 

[tom baker]

Re: Electrical Theory

I was pretty excited, since I am not watching the SuperBowl - Go Seahawks - until I read this:

"In the process, as the charge progresses through the appliance, its voltage drops from 120 volts to essentially zero volts with respect to the earth. This spent charge is then dumped to the earth through the ground wire. In the standard US receptacle, the charge at about zero volts is carried back to the electrical panel through the neutral wire and then transported to the earth by the ground wire attached to the electrical panel."

Dumping to earth must be a lay term.