Current in a household

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Physics

Grade

Grade 12+

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Whiteboard presentation

Teaching type

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Description At the end of this activity, students should be able to:
– state the advantages and disadvantages of batteries and mains as power supplies
– describe the structure of a household electric mains
– explain why circuit breakers are used
– state the purpose of the third wire in a cable of certain devices
– describe how a residual current circuit breaker is used
– explain how three-phase current is separated for use in different apartments.
Connected with
Current in a household [Class activity]
Consists of
A battery and household mains [Whiteboard exercise]
Accumulators [Slideshow]
Accumulators [Whiteboard exercise]
Circuit breakers [Animation]
Circuit breakers [Animation]
Circuit breakers [Whiteboard exercise]
Earthing, threats [Animation]
Earthing, threats [Whiteboard exercise]
Three-phase current [Animation]
Three-phase current [Whiteboard exercise]
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Copyright YDP SA
Keywords

parallel, conductors, ammeter, circuit, current, voltmeter, household, fuse, Current in a household

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