Questions tagged [load]
An electrical load is an electrical component or portion of a circuit that consumes electric power. This is opposed to a power source, such as a battery or generator, which produces power.
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Constant current, constant power and constant impedance loads
Ive been looking for information on constant power, constant current and constant impedance/resistance loads, there's some information about the constant current loads, but very little that really ...
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Different design in relay load connections
(I know, relay are drawn in the wrong way, NO contacts should be in serie with load, I'll fix it ASAP)
When I have to build a board to switch many devices (mains powered), I always use a single "...
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Is this normal Buck Regulator behaviour?
I recently got around to trying out buck regulators, my results weren't what I was expecting though. For one the ripple voltage seems a little high to me, It's about 800mV with no load and goes up to ...
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FEM: How to calculate impedance in stator circuit for loaded generator
I am modeling a synchronous generator and in the stator circuit consisting of 3 phases at the alternator output, I have resistances and inductances of the end windings. Thus I have a 3D approximation ...
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Circuit for switching higher load using transitor with signal being 300 Hz PWM
EDIT: DO NOT even think about using the naive example of a circuit to switch three phase. As someone rightly pointed out this is a complex issue and will almost certainly result in burnt finger or ...
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Hand crank DC generator - a simple dummy load that won't burn out?
I'm working on a project that allows a user to crank a hand generator while current and voltage sensors measure the output. After the user finishes cranking, software displays information about how ...
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How to calculate suitable dummy load for a power-supply?
A beginner question - feel free to shoot me down
I'm looking to modify a retired AT SMPS to drive my ham-radio. This is to be achieved by tying all the +12V wires together so the maximum amperage may ...
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What loading capacitor do I use for my crystal?
I am using this crystal (the 7.3728 MHz variant).
The datasheet specifies a 5pF to 55pF load capacitance; is this really so? I was under the impression that most quartz crystals had an optimal ...
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