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A volt meter is used to measure volts.
So what are volts???
Volts are what a volt meter measures.
Imagine water being pushed through a pipe. If the water in the pipe is falling from a container at a higher place, it goes through the pipe at a higher pressure... sort of like volts.
A larger pipe allows more water through, sort of like amps.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoVoltage measures the relative amount of energy that will be carried by the electrical charge in a circuit.
It is expressed by the equation V = W/q where W is the energy in Joules and q is the charge in coulombs. In a 1.5 volt energy cell each coulomb of charge has 1.5 Joules of energy; in a 12 volt battery each coulomb of charge has 12 Joules of energy.
Interestingly, voltage exists even when there is no current (the charge is not moving). A 1.5 v cell or 12 v battery has voltage even when it is sitting unused in its package.
it is measured by connecting up a circuit.
to get more information high schoolers, look in the CXC integrated science and turn to page 174 and read to get a proper understanding.
i trust that this will help.
reading is a good exercise to the brain.
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∙ 10y agoThe volt is the SI derived unit of electromotive force. It measures the "voltage" and is also the unit for the related quantity electric potential difference.
The volt is defined as the value of the voltage across a conductor when a current of one ampere dissipates one watt of power in the conductor.
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∙ 9y agoA volt is the measure of electrical potential difference. Another term for voltage is electromotive force, or EMF. It is voltage that causes charges to move and create current flow.
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∙ 14y agoThere is only one type of voltage, measured in volts, or joules per coulomb, so a voltmeter measures volts.
You could be talking about electron-volts, which is an entirely different thing, being about 1.6x10-19 joules, usually involved in physics, but you would not be using a voltmeter in that case.
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∙ 13y agoThe volt is a derived unit of electrical potential. It is equal to joules per coulomb, or kilogram meter squared per ampere second cubed.
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A DVOM is set to the 400 V range If a 12 volt source is measured what will be the meter display?
12 volt
Potential difference is measured in a unit called 1 a volt 2 a Watt 3 an Ampere 4 an ohm?
The answer is volt.
How do you measure voltage?
Voltage can be measured using the difference between the potentiel between two ends of wire or by using a volt-meter. You can easily measure volt by volt or multimeter but remember voltage always measure across the components but in parallel
What are transformers rated?
A transformer's capacity is rated in volt amperes(V.A). This is the product of the secondary winding's current rating and voltage rating.
How do you find voltage across capacitors in a serial parallel circuit?
Voltage across all parallel capacitor's is same i.e. it is equal to supply voltage, it can be measured using digital volt meter (any high input impedance volt meter). When capacitors are in series; voltage drop depends on charge stored in the capacitor. it can be given by the formula V x V = 2 / (joules x capacitance). This voltage can also be measured using digital volt meter.
Volts are measured in?
A volt is a volt is a volt.
What is the difference between a 6 volt and a 12 volt battery?
The 12 volt battery has double the electromotive force of the 6 volt. Electromotive force is measured in volts.
What are volts measured with?
A volt meter or a multimeter on the voltage scale.
Is units of electric current a volt?
Electric current is measured in amps not voltsElectric voltage is measured in volts.
A DVOM is set to the 400 V range If a 12 volt source is measured what will be the meter display?
12 volt
Does an ampere and a volt measure the same way?
No. Amps is generally measured in series, while volts can be measured in parallell.
Potential difference is measured in a unit called 1 a volt 2 a Watt 3 an Ampere 4 an ohm?
The answer is volt.
What is a unit of electromotive force?
Volt, even though it is a unit of work...NewtonAnswerA volt is not a unit of work. Work is measured in joules.
How can you measure the electrical units?
Electricity is measured with a volt-ohm-amp meter.
The standard measure unit of electromotive force?
Electromotive force is measured in volts.
Voltage is measured in what unit?
This unit is called volts.
What is the watts for a starter for an 88 Toyota camery?
12 volt systems are not measured in watts...... doofus
