Lesson 6 — AC Circuit Analysis#
Reading an AC waveform, phase angle, RMS values, and real power.
Objectives covered
1.3 — I can calculate the voltages, currents, instantaneous power, and average power associated with devices in a simple AC-powered circuit using tools such as KVL, KCL, voltage and current dividers, Ohm’s Law, RMS values, and the power equation.
Due at this lesson
Quiz 1 (Obj 1.1–1.2)
Reading
AC Circuit Analysis
The course reading for Objective 1.3.
FlashcardsReview deck
Key terms, equations, and ideas from this lesson, in a self-test deck.
SlidesLesson 6 deck
The slides used in class, as a PDF.
Practice ProblemsWork these before the quiz
Ungraded problems with answers, on the downloads page.
Demo ↗Power Demo
Watch phase shift split apparent power into real and reactive.