Electrical Circuits: Components, Types, and Safety
Electrical Circuits: Components and Functionality
Core Elements
Generators and Batteries: These components generate or store electrical energy, creating a potential difference that drives current flow within a circuit. Generators convert other energy forms into electricity (e.g., dynamos and alternators). Batteries store electrical energy for later use (e.g., battery cells, capacitors).
Receivers: These components transform electrical energy into other forms like heat, light, or motion. Examples include
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Elements of an Electrical Installation
Introduction
This chapter provides an overview of the elements commonly found in an electrical installation. The goal is to familiarize you with the terminology and concepts that will be used throughout.
1. Service Entrance
The service entrance is the point where the utility’s electrical network connects to the user’s electrical system. It can also refer to the overhead or underground lines that connect the mains supply to the metering system. In addition to input
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1. Transformer Components
Transformers are based on electromagnetic induction. They consist of two coils (primary and secondary) wound on a soft iron or silicon iron core. Some transformers have a third winding with lower voltage than the secondary.
2. What is a Transformer?
An electrical transformer increases or decreases voltage in an alternating current (AC) circuit while maintaining frequency. Ideally, the input power equals the output power. Real transformers have minor losses.
3. What is an Autotransformer?
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Information System Security
Passive and Active Safety
Passive safety: Corrective measures implemented to minimize the impact of security incidents and allow system recovery.
Active safety: Mechanisms and procedures for preventing and detecting security risks in information systems.
Physical and Logical Security
Physical security: Protection of physical elements, such as hardware and the locations where activities take place.
Logical security: Protection of software and operating systems, including data
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ITEM 54: Introduction to Electric Circuits
1. Introduction
An electric circuit is the path followed by the movement of electricity. There are three fundamental elements in an electrical circuit:
- The generator (source of electricity)
- The receiver (consumer of electricity)
- Conductors (connect the generator and receiver, allowing the flow of electricity)
When electricity moves along a circuit, various phenomena occur. Understanding these phenomena requires considering electrical quantities and units.
2.
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Road Transport
Definitions
Passenger and Goods Transport
The transport of passengers and goods using moving vehicles without a fixed track and no fixed energy capture. This applies to all classes of urban and interurban roadways, both public and private, when the transport is public.
Bus or Coach
Bus: A motor vehicle designed for carrying passengers and, potentially, baggage or commissions, with a capacity exceeding 9 seats, including the driver. Commonly used for public transport with fixed routes,
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