What is CURRENT– electric current explained, electricity basics

What is electric current, in this video we learn what is electric current covering amps, coulombs, voltage, parallel and series circuits, multimeters, resistors, fuses and circuit breakers to learn how electricity works.

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[forrest]

I love how every video continues to define the basics to let the viewer keep up or recall them before explaining a more complex concept

[praveensagar]

Sir make whole series on basic electricity and do it as playlist

[jeffeisenmenger]

Great videos paul. Im a master electrician in the usa. Iwas trying to explain transformers to my apprentice and realized i had a lot of questions. This is your fourth video ive watched, you do a great job of using language and analogies that anybody can understand. Keep up the great work mate

[mmanfrin]

Man did I luck out. I was on a little wikipedia-train going through articles on electricity, as my understanding isn't super great (physics was my worst class in high school). I came to youtube to look for 'how does a transformer work', found your video, and come to find this series of videos that is actively being uploaded (this specific video is a day old). Crazy luck.

Also, 'All the power!'.

[sumeursault]

5:04 For clarification, isn't an amp equal to 1C/1s, and thus a Coulomb equal to 1A*1s? The on-screen text seems to indicate the opposite relationship

[vivalaveyan]

I'm learning to be an electrician, and these videos are extremely helpful! Thank you so much for making these . :)

[ethanmanning]

You all are the sole reason I’m passing my classes

[Jukkala]

This is a really good video series. I have a degree in Electrical Engineering and found practical things in them I did not know or fully understand. I hate to nitpick, but there is one concept with which I must take exception. That is the depiction of current as physical electrons racing through the conductor at tremendous speeds. It is the electromagnetic wave propagation that moves at incredibly high speeds of approximately 0.9c. In fact, the electrons merely "drift" at about 1mm/sec. I have not watched all of your videos, so I apologize if you have made this distinction elsewhere. Otherwise, keep up the good work.

[alberttyong]

4:02 There's an error: in the video, you've said that you convert AC to DC using an inverter.
That is wrong. You convert DC to AC using an inverter. AC to DC is converted using a rectifier.

[Toni-idog]

Great work guys. I am studying for my physics test in electrodynamics and you guys managed to explain to me in 11 minutes what my teacher wasn't able to do in a week. Greeting from Croatia !

[CK-vsic]

Very well explained, the main thing is that u made this videos in a graphical representation which is very helpful to remember

[engineer]

I wish my teacher was like you, giving simple examples to understand it well. Thank you :)

[rogereivissa]

Thank you for all your videos. I am an old Spanish student who was struggling to understand electricity in my engineering course and I can assure you that I understand a lot more with your English videos than with my Spanish lessons at school. Thanks a lot!..oh and...All the power!

[RolfLunheim]

Great video, but a few inaccuracies: E.g. "One Ampere is equal to one Coulomb" is an unfortunate way to put it - as Coulomb is charge, not current. It is claimed (in the same slide) that one Coulomb is equal to a certain number of electrons per second. No, that is current, not charge. This ought to be corrected, as is very basic and confusing for people who are learning electronics.

An inverter converts DC to AC (4.04): The graphics is correct, but the commentary describes it as a rectifier, not an inverter.

[yanizrulyanizrul]

Dear Sir... very good videos. Thumbs up. A bit correction at minute 5:03. 1 Amp is not equal to 1 Coulomb. It is equal to 1 Coulomb per second. I = Q/t

[Generalcontent]

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[andykalmbachenstien]

You’re videos are rad and you explain electricity so well. You make it easy. It’s a good refresher and a good beginners video. Thank you

[vicmur]

Thanks a bunch. Seriously, I have an interview coming up as a solar tech, and need to brush up on my acdc electrical theory. Along with other sources I've used, this was a great help!

[hkievet]

I never understood electricity until this video. Thank you

[another-learner]

EE student here. This is one of the best channels on youtube when it comes to fundamentals of DC and AC