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What are my Free MP3 Lectures on Electronics.
This course is a virtual course in electronics.  I provide MP3 lectures just like you would get in a college course.  I wrote three downloadable eBooks to support this course. My online ebooks (Web Sites) provide you with demonstrations and troubleshooting exercises similar to those you would get in a technical college laboratory.  I also assign you lots of outside reading. (Links).  No Credit or degree, for self study only.

 Electronics, Physics, Mathematics for the vocational student: Click here to see all our publications aimed at providing unique non-engineering, calculus free technical education.

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Free Class Books
(PDF files)

Electronic Concepts

Force Fields Visualized

RCL Networks
Located 2/3 down from top of page

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My Free Online e-Books(Webs)

Basic Electronics

Electronic Troubleshooting

Gif Circuits

Electronic Circuits with Faults 

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Our School Library

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Series Circuit

In a series resistive circuit the same current flows in each resistor of the circuit.  That should be intuitive.  To test a two resistor series circuit measure the voltage drop across each resistor.  Use ohms law to calculate current through each resistor using the value of resistance as  read off resistors or schematic.  If they are not equal with in the limits of tolerance specified on the resistors than one of the resistors is defective.

If you have three or more resistors in series,  calculate the current through each of the resistors.  The resistor with a significantly different calculated current is the defective one.  The resistors with the same calculated current are good. 

Read Chapter 3 of Electronic Concepts

Test yourself with with my troubleshooting animations.  See Links to Animations below.

Links To My Animations

Test Your Troubleshooting Skills with the Simulations Below:

Series Circuit Java Troubleshooting Simulations.  Includes 4 series circuits with a total of 16 inserted faults.

Potentiometer

Links

 Electronics Tutorial 

PDF Electronics Tutorial(Select Reading 5)l

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