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Why is AC current used instead of DC for a 100W bulb?

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What Does a Day in the Life of an Electrical/Electronic Engineer Look Like?

  • blacksheep
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Air Handling Unit Test - Air Heating Problem

  • JaredJames
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Will 22 AWG 17 Strand Wire Work In My Crimp Connector?

  • roeb
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Solving Transformer Issue with 160KVA SOCOMEC UPS

  • baroomby
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How to manually solder a QFN chip with a hot air gun?

  • fiedel
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Winding your own air-core inductor

  • pinchy911
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Why Is My 2kW Fan Heater Only Using 0.7kW?

  • JaredJames
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How Can I Design a BLDC Motor with 300W Power, 24V Voltage, and 40 Nm Torque?

  • thecoolsundar
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How to calculate the groundness

  • pixel01
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Converting Thermal Conductivity to Thermal Conduction/Resistance

  • hamzaaaa
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Why do neutral and ground short together on heating unit chassis?

  • monus76
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Transistor Switch for R2R Ladder DAC Circuit

  • khaing071
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Extending 38kHz IR transmitter range from 50cm to 5m with 9V battery

  • aruna1
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What are the differences between alternators, generators, and dynamos?

  • davidcowling
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What areas of electromagnetism and electricity need more research?

  • Skynt
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Schematics of cell phone jammer and small and simple walkie talkie

  • Ibn-ul-hathim
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Stepper motor stepping uniformity

  • StealthRay
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Why use multiple small LEDs instead of one large LED

  • FulhamFan3
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Design an Ammeter - Know How to Measure Current

  • cks
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Eliminating Power Line Noise in Sensitive Equipment for Scientists

  • 0xDEADBEEF
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Applying enamel coating to 8AWG transformer wire for 150A windings

  • microfracture
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Difference Between Analog and Digital Technology

  • modulus
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What is the difference between a solid state relay and a semiconductor

  • Josh111
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555 Oscillator Frequency Fluctuating Rapidly

  • saad87
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How Can I Design a Powerful Yet Low-Power Electromagnetic Lock?

  • felix_cat
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Buttons activating by touching a wire

  • Briant22
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Quick query regarding voltage sources

  • agrocadabra
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How can i figure the current loss of a power supply?

  • seetherulez
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Op Amp Current Supply - Is 3 Amps Too Much?

  • m718
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Half Power frequencies for a parallel RLC circuit

  • kthouz
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Solar energy discussion

  • jolvski
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How to caculate the needed capacity of the SD flash memory card

  • mz8e08
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Hi therei need to know when capacitor is used in A.C CIRCUIT

  • monus76
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Electrical Systems questions (wind turbines)

  • davidcowling
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Programming light sensors for robot

  • DrDanger
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Questions on Loudspeaker Diaphragm Movement

  • rockerboi
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Which Wattage Resistor is Best for a Noiseless Filter Design?

  • m718
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Cascading two HF photo-amplification stages (opamp-based)

  • nitin.jain
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Replacing LM324N with Better Opamp

  • m718
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More Questions about Protective Relays

  • Josh111
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What is the difference between emf and voltage?

  • sphyics
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Removing grounding plug from cord - stupid, but illegal?

  • KingNothing
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Can I Safely Use 3.16 Amps with My AC/DC Laptop Power Supply?

  • hover
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Ohmic Losses In Capacitor Discharge

  • axi0m
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Piezos like pvdf's can be fabricated as a rod rather than a strip?

  • Nick Bruno
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Why Did Turning Off My Heater Silence My YouTube Video?

  • imiyakawa
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Using a MOSFET and comparator together as a switch

  • Shinnog
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How to change a manual knob to BNC connector

  • TChi
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Cleaning Rod lenses in optics equipment

  • xusmee
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Problem with air core transformer

  • Idea04
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What is the Short Circuit Capacity for a 24 kW 3-Phase Generator?

  • Josh111
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Simulated many preamps from the web on TINA

  • m718
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How Does Electric Power Generation Work?

  • NotoriousNick
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Generator loss of exitation protection

  • Josh111
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Paralleled Generator Protection

  • Josh111
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Voltage source -> Ideal switch -> Resistance = Reactive power

  • foges
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Why Do Compact Fluorescent Lamps Striate When Connected to Dimmer Circuits?

  • NotoriousNick
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Masters thesis topic ideas for electric power distribution

  • milesba44
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Why classical gates are irreversible?

  • markoX
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Switcing DC on an off repeatedly 'laymans question'

  • Robin07
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What are load calculations for a transformer?

  • shaibaaz3
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Signal that is a sine wave plus an offset

  • 0xDEADBEEF
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Constant output voltage from a variable output voltage source

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Where Can I Find Small Ferrite Bobbin Cores for Prototype Projects?

  • pinchy911
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RF testing: Balistics Gel for human analog?

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Is a Career in Digital Signal Processing Right for You?

  • Blade_Runner
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Parallel Capacitors: Do I Need a Resistor for Simulation?

  • m718
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Finding the Right Filter for -140 dB 60 Hz Attenuation

  • m718
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ANSYS for MEMS (Especially Electrostatic)

  • jstippey
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E field profile in a capacitor with two different dielectric material

  • enroger0
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Calculating Charge Density in Fluids

  • Shelnutt2
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How to reproduce a battery with a power supply

  • cougarrcsnva
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Mutual Inductance (Two coils connected in parallel to source)

  • jake.davidoff
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Circuit diagram for a power supply that outputs about 25kv

  • wolram
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Smoothing Half Wave AC Voltage with Inductor - Any Ideas?

  • ws0619
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Starting a 12V DC Motor: Do You Need a Rheostat or Face-Plate Starter?

  • StealthRay
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Will 100/5 current transformers burn up connected to an overload relay?

  • Josh111
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Can a multivibrator generate 38kHz for TSOP1738 IR transmission?

  • aruna1
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Advice on building a 1.4T electromagnet

  • ephedyn
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Inductor or Ballast: What Does Choke Mean?

  • monus76
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How is energy stored and retrieved from a superconducting loop?

  • Mr 4738
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Electromechanical considerations

  • Pythagorean
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Calculating wire lenght for an air core inductor

  • Robin07
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Optical mouse into pen tablet. How?

  • johnsmi
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Calculating magnetomotive force in a transformer

  • bitrex
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LED indicator for capacitor fully charged detection

  • axi0m
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Why subtract β z in the circular polarization wave equation

  • jeff1evesque
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Extract signal components with matching phase from two signals

  • sodemus
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2 inputs to one headset control

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