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What is the voltage drop through a resistor of 6 ohms and 2 amps?
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∙ 12y ago
12 volts...!
The voltage drop across a 2 ohm resistor depends on the current flowing through it. As voltage (E) equals current (I) times resistance (R), if 1/2 amp is flowing through your 2 ohm resistor, 1/2 times 2 = 1 volt. If 1 amp is flowing through your 2 ohm resistor, 1 times 2 = 2 amps. Piece of cake.
If the two ohm resistor is the only component in the circuit, it will drop whatever the applied voltage is. Put a 2 ohm resistor across a 6 volt battery, it drops 6 volts. If you put your 2 ohm resistor across a 9 volt battery, it drops 9 volts. Another way to say voltage drop may help. The voltage drop across a resistor is the voltage it "feels" when in a circuit. And that last couple of examples says that very well.
In a circuit where a given resistor is the only component, it drops all the voltage in the circuit. It "feels" all the voltage in the circuit. In a circuit where there are 2 resistors of equal value in series, each one drops or "feels" half of the applied voltage. (The sum of the voltage drops equals the applied voltage.) As you work more with simple circuits using resistors in different arrangements with a given voltage source, try thinking of the voltage drop of a resistor as the voltage it "feels" when the circuit is energized.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoOhm's Law: Voltage is resistance time current.
6 ohms times 2 amperes is 12 volts.
Note: This is also 24 watts, which is a lot of power, so the resistor is going to get very, very hot. The temperature coefficient on the resistor is going to change the measured results very quickly.
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∙ 10y agoThe voltage drop is
(resistance of R2) x (current through R2) .
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