To load a circuit to a specific resistance value. This is useful in impedance matching networks, power transmission, telecommunications, etc.
Yes, they both can add a load to a circuit.
Resistors on a blower motor are components used to control the speed of the motor by adjusting the voltage supplied to it. They function by dissipating excess voltage as heat, allowing for variable speed settings in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Typically found in the blower motor circuit, these resistors can be in the form of fixed resistors or resistor packs, depending on the design of the system. Proper functioning of these resistors is crucial for efficient blower operation and overall system performance.
PTs are high voltage, low current transformers and so need a relatively high impedance (or burden) load to function accurately. CTs are high current, low voltage (if not open circuited!) transformers and so need a very low impedance load to function accurately.
most of the resistors commonly used are carbon resistors
In an electronic circuit power supply voltage is generally fixed. Resistors is a current limiter for correct devices polarization.
When one resistor in a parallel circuit is open-circuited, it effectively becomes an infinite resistance and no current flows through it. The total resistance of the parallel circuit increases, but the remaining resistors continue to function normally. The overall current through the circuit will decrease because the total current is now only dependent on the remaining active resistors. The voltage across all parallel resistors remains the same as before the open circuit occurred.
A: A potentiometer is a manual device to change the resistance A thermistor changes as a function of environment temperature
The total resistance of resistors in series is simply the sum of the resistance values of those resistors. If the resistors are identical, then you can multiply the resistance of one of them by the number of resistors in the circuit.
Film resistors have lower noise than carbon resistors.
Resistors are wired in series when they are connected in a line. The current flows through the resistors one after the other.
Both resistors will have the voltage of the battery.
Resistors do not have polarity restrictions because they are passive devices that limit the flow of electric current. You can connect them in any orientation within an electric circuit without affecting their function.