answersLogoWhite

0

When equipment is run at a lower voltage than it is designed for, it does not operate correctly. A light will glow dimly or not at all, a heater produces much less heat. Electronic equipment may not function at all.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

What else can I help you with?

Continue Learning about Natural Sciences

When voltage increases what happens to the amps?

the power will also increase as it is proved in my experiment


How does the charge ever move forward in AC if electric charge moves forward then backward then forward then backward over and over again?

It is not the charge moving. What really happens is that from a certain point the potential difference increases sine-wave shaped to its positive maximum, decreases to zero, then inverts and increases to its negative maximum in order to decrease to zero again. This goes on and on... Imagine a conventional electric lamp, consisting of a tungsten wire in a glass bulb, being connected to this alternating voltage. At increasing potential difference the current through the wire increases as well, generating enough heat to make the wire glow. In most European countries a complete cycle takes 1/50 second. This means that our lamp flickers 100 times per second (50 times positive and 50 times negative). Because this happens so fast, the wire doesn't get the time to fully cool down. We don't see any flickering as our eyes are much too slow. Alternating current is generated by the power works automatically, as the generator is nothing else than a big dynamo, which basically is an electric coil being rotated through a magnetic field. This rotation through the field lines causes the fluctuating (or alternating) current. Alternating current is required to make mains transformers work, in order to transform dangerous voltages to safe levels.


What happens when you reverse the current in a current-carrying magnetic field?

The polarity of the electromagnet reverses.


What happens to the current in a circuit if a 1.5 volt battery is removed and is replaced by a 9 volt battery?

If a 1.5 volt battery is replaced by a 9 volt battery in a circuit, the current flowing through the circuit will likely increase. This is because the higher voltage of the 9 volt battery will provide more electromotive force, pushing more current through the circuit, assuming the resistance remains the same.


What happens when magnitude of current is increased in electrorefining of copper?

When current is increased during electrorefining of a metal, more electrons are sent into the solution. This causes more metal ions to be displaced at one time, increasing the rate that metals will separate out. So, the process just happens faster with more current.

Related Questions

What happens when 220 volt equipment is plugged into a 110 volt source or if 110 120 volt equipment is plugged into a 60 volt source assuming all alternating current?

temporary it blows or KABOOOMM....


When an alternating voltage is applied to purely resistive circuit what happens?

When an alternating voltage is applied to a purely resistive circuit, the resulting current is in phase with the voltage.


What happens when a battery is connected to a alternating current source?

this action is very dangerous and should not be considered.


What happens when a metal aerial absorbs radio waves?

It creates an alternating current at the same frequency as the radio wave gdafeagtdfvgaergfef


What is the skin effect in electric?

In electricity, this happens with alternating current. It is the tendency for the electrons to flow near thesurface ("skin") of the conductor.


What happens if you use an ac circuit breaker instead of dc breaker?

A circuit breaker is easier to design for ac than dc because alternating current (ac) naturally goes to zero 100 or 120 times per second and this helps to extinguish any arc. Therefore an ac circuit breaker would not be suitable for dc assuming the same voltage and current ratings.


What happens to the fuse if there is something wrong with the electrical equipment being used?

IF the current drain is too high, then it melts.


What happens when one or more light bulbs are added to the circuit?

A: If put in series current will decrease if put in parallel current will increase assuming the input voltage remains the same


What happens to the current in a circuit if a 10 ohm resistor is removed and replaced by a 20 ohm resistor?

Voltage, current, and resistance can be related by this formula. V = iR, where I is the current. Assuming that the voltage stays constant, current will decrease. Hope this helps!


What is alternated current?

That refers to a current in which the direction of flow changes continuously. In household current, this usually happens at 50 or 60 cycles per second (depending on the country), but the definition of alternating current can include just about any other frequency, as well.


What happens when magnitude of current or voltage become zero in alternating current fan?

It depends how long they are zero for. If for a minute or more the fan will stop. If they reach zero 100 or 120 times a second, as in normal operation, the fan will run normally.


What happens to the current in a circuit if more lights are added?

Assuming you are referring to house lamps, these are always connected in parallel with each other. Each lamp will draw a current, the value of which depends on the wattage of the lamps. As each lamp is added, the supply current will increase by the amount of current drawn by that lamp.