What is Electricity? Electricity is the continuous movement of a sea of electrons (stream of electrons) from one point to another, through a conducting material such as a copper wire . An electric circuit is like a pathway through which an electric current (stream of electrons) flows. A circuit consists of a source, a conductor and a load (Resistance). See Figure.1.1 for an illustration of a DC circuit . Figure 1.1: A DC circuit DC Quantity A DC Quantity is that which has a constant magnitude or size and flows in one direction, hence the term Direct Quantity . A DC circuit consists of: DC Voltage source , Direct Current and Conductor (Resistance). Before we look at each in detail, let’s use the analogy of a water tank to describe the three parts of a DC current, namely: voltage , current and resistance. Using this analogy, the charge is represented by the amount of water in the tank, the voltage is represented by the water pressure, the current is represented by wate...
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