| Intermediate Technology Education | Control Technology | Pre-Design | Topic 3 | Activity 7 |

Electrical Systems

Concepts and Terminology

  • Review the terminology in the activity and ensure that you understand it.
  • Read the material in the web links, or find additional materials
  • Describe what is happening in each of the circuits (the light and the motor)

Optional Activity

  • If you have the materials, produce the circuits shown in the schematics.
  • What would happen if you added a second light to the circuit? Investigate how to connect them so that
    • they both are the same brightness (parallel circuit)
    • they operate at reduced brightness (series circuit)