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What the HECK is a Phasor? Alternating Current Explained.

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Alternating current is kind of wild. Electric charge drifting back and forth, governed by wave mechanics. But what if I told you there's a better way using imaginary numbers and the complex plane? It's called a phasor diagram. Nick Lucid - Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Vanessa R Bradley - Thumbnail ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Path of Least Resistance:    • Current does NOT take the Path of Least Re...   Dark Matter Exists:    • Dark Matter Exists. Here's how we know.   ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon:   / scienceasylum   YouTube Membership:    / @scienceasylum   Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/a... Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceas... ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Va …...more
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What the HECK is a Phasor? Alternating Current Explained.
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2021Sep 8
Alternating current is kind of wild. Electric charge drifting back and forth, governed by wave mechanics. But what if I told you there's a better way using imaginary numbers and the complex plane? It's called a phasor diagram. Nick Lucid - Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Vanessa R Bradley - Thumbnail ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Path of Least Resistance:    • Current does NOT take the Path of Least Re...   Dark Matter Exists:    • Dark Matter Exists. Here's how we know.   ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon:   / scienceasylum   YouTube Membership:    / @scienceasylum   Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): http://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/a... Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceas... ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Dhruv Singhal, Fabio Manzini, Josiah Gleaton, Medec Hurtz Einsteinium Crazies: Bosphorus, Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Ken Davis, Sean K, Wacky, Blank NA, Flying Monkey Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu, Rick Myers Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, Benjamin Dixon, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Jon Adams, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, LT Marshall, Marcus Barcelos, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Stephen Blinn, Stephen Gailey, Tom Hawking, Vittorio Monaco, Don Wilshe ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/... http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/... ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS    • Dark Matter Exists. Here's how we know.      • Dark Matter Exists. Here's how we know.      • Dark Matter Exists. Here's how we know.   ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Hank Green: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Cold Open 00:32 Why Rotation? 01:08 Types of Current 02:30 Root Mean Square (RMS) 03:58 Current is a Response 05:01 Complex Plane 06:18 Phasors 07:33 Phase Angle 08:19 Summary 09:05 Outro 09:29 Featured Comment ________________________________ Corrections: 04:22 Oops! The image there is a capacitor, not an inductor. My bad!
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Oops! The image there is a capacitor, not an inductor. My bad!

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The Science Asylum

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Oops! The image there is a capacitor, not an inductor. My bad!