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voltage drops
Resistors
To illustrate the theory about Each electrical consumer can
voltage and resistance, we will be replaced by its resistor, and
start with a simple electrical cir- is represented by the following
cuit, namely a battery (12 V) and symbol:
a 10 W light bulb. R
10W We can now replace the draw-
ing on the left with the following
symbols:
R
12V +
U 12V
-
Each electrical circuit can be
traced back to a basic scheme
represented by symbols. A pow- How many electrical consum-
er source (a battery or power ers are there in the circuit of the
supply) is represented by the light bulb? I did the test with
symbol U (or V). several car enthusiasts, the an-
swer was always: "1 consumer of
U course, the light bulb".
Well, that's not quite correct.
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