It's measured with an AC voltmeter.
Alternating Current and Direct Current. Electricity is voltage and current. Voltage is electrical pressure, and current is the flow of charged particles. The difference between alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) is that the electrons in an AC circuit regularly reverse their direction. In a DC circuit electrons always flow in the same direction.
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An 'oscillator' is a scientific instrument that displays electronic wave-forms, or a circuit producing an alternating current or voltage.
That will induce a voltage across the wire.
A transformer.
When an alternating voltage is applied to a purely resistive circuit, the resulting current is in phase with the voltage.
The resistance is called impedance, and is equal to the measured voltage divided by the measured current, through Ohm's Law (V = ZI, Z = V/I).
Alternating current is normally produced by rotating the magnet in the coil of an induced alternating voltage. When connected to a circuit, an alternating current will flow.
It is another way of saying that the circuit is capacitive reactive circuit. Look up the mnemonic ELI the ICE man. ELI, voltage leads the current in an inductive circuit. ICE, current leads the voltage in a capacitive circuit.
Because of the polarity of the circuit. The signs of measured current and voltage depends on the direction of the current and voltage.
Perhaps you are asking how the voltage of alternating current is measured, to be equivalent to the voltage of a direct current system. Alternating current and direct current have distinct properties. With direct current, voltage is at a constant polarity, and a direct current voltage source will maintain a uniform, constant voltage level. Alternating current reverses polarity at a given frequency and therefore it's voltage continuously varies from a positive peak voltage level, through zero, to a negative peak voltage level, repeating this cycle continuously. For this reason, voltage of an alternating current system, is measured in root-mean-square (rms), which is a voltage, which when multiplied by the current in amperes, calculates power which is equivalent to that of direct current of the same voltage and current values. With a typical sinusoidal waveform, the peak voltage of alternating current is divided by the square root of 2 to determine the rms voltage. The 120 volts output in the wall outlet in our home is actually about 170 peak volts.
In an alternating current circuit the voltage can be stepped up ordown efficiently with a transformer.
In an alternating current circuit the voltage can be stepped up ordown efficiently with a transformer.
In an alternating current circuit the voltage can be stepped up ordown efficiently with a transformer.
In an alternating current circuit the voltage can be stepped up ordown efficiently with a transformer.
When a sinusoidal alternating voltage is applied in a circuit, the resulting alternating current is also sinusoidal and has the same frequency as that of applied voltage .However, there is generally a phase difference between the applied voltage and the resulting current.This is how alternating-current circuit works. If you want more ,send message
V = I * R or I = ( V / R ) I = current (amps) V = Voltage R = Resistance The current in a circuit depends on the applied voltage and the resistance of the circuit.