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Rev 2.02<br />

E5D03<br />

A capacitor is a device that is used to store electrical energy in an electrostatic field.<br />

E5D04<br />

The Joule is the unit of electrical energy stored in an electrostatic field.<br />

A Joule is defined as a quantity of energy equal to one Newton of force acting over 1 meter<br />

E5D05<br />

The region surrounding a magnet through which a magnetic force acts is a magnetic field.<br />

E5D06<br />

The direction of the magnetic field oriented about a conductor in relation to the direction of electron flow is in a<br />

direction determined by the left-hand rule.<br />

Fleming′s Left Hand Rule (remember that current flows from negative to positive)<br />

Also known as the Motor Rule this is a way of determining the<br />

direction of a force on a current carrying conductor in a<br />

magnetic field.<br />

The thumb, the first and the second fingers on the left hand<br />

are held so that they are at right angles to each other.<br />

If the first finger points in the direction of the magnetic field and the<br />

second finger the direction of the current in the wire, then the thumb will<br />

point in the direction of the force on the conductor.<br />

E5D07<br />

The amount of current determines the strength of a magnetic field around a conductor.<br />

E5D08<br />

Potential energy is the term for energy that is stored in an electromagnetic or electrostatic field.<br />

E5D09<br />

Reactive power is the term for an out-of-phase, nonproductive power associated with inductors and capacitors.<br />

E5D10<br />

In a circuit that has both inductors and capacitors the reactive power is repeatedly exchanged between the<br />

associated magnetic and electric fields, but is not dissipated (assuming perfect lossless components).<br />

Understanding the Power Factor explanation will be easy, now that you understand the fundamentals.<br />

The components of motor (or other inductive load) current are load current and magnetizing current (adding those<br />

instantaneous values yields the total circuit current). Also, because load current is in phase with voltage and<br />

magnetizing current lags voltage by 90 degrees, their sum will be a sine wave that peaks somewhere between 0<br />

and 90 degrees lagging which is the inductive current's offset (in time) from voltage. There are negative effects<br />

associated with increased offset and that’s part of the power factor explanation.<br />

Jack Tiley <strong>AD7FO</strong> Page 50 3/15/2009

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