Eco Circuit

This unit was about the flow of electricity and how two kinds of currents came about over time: Direct Current and Alternating Current (DC & AC). Also electricity flows differently through different things. It's easy to flow through water, but plastic has nothing in it for electricity to flow through.

I learned that Nikola Tesla was the man who created Alternating Current, which is an electric current that reverses direction at regular intervals.  

This project is asking me to create an electrical circuit with 5 resistors, a main switch, and at least one parallel branch switch.

I am most proud of being able to transfer the knowledge we’ve learned in this class to make a real circuit.

DS, May 2014. Eco Circuit

We had to build on our idea as we went because seeing it in real space & time made it different. As we built we noticed some resistors weren’t being powered, and had to move them around to make sure they were.

Our design evolved over time and became better because of the innovations we added along the way. Adapting to it was easy only because it was a great change overall.

Our model is DC & based of the ideas of NexTek. NexTek saves energy by converting everything to DC at once which eventually saves money and energy! Our real model is also using DC power because it’s power source is from a battery.

A few of the problems that I encountered was being able to use a good amount of energy and to save some.

Overcoming this problem, I used a few resistors so the number of electrons can flow out equally amongst my entire design.

I learned that creating an eco parallel circuit is hard to do.

Pros & Cons: 
A pro in this design is that it doesn't have a ton of energy flowing through the circuit. If you have too much energy flowing, it could cause electrical problems such as electrical fires and too much usage. A con of this project is that we have enough resistors but it seems like they're pulling too much energy from our First Light and our LED Light.

Usage:

First light: Direct Drive Washing Machine

Second: LED Lights

Motor: Programmable Air Conditioning

Resistor: Eco Friendly TV - Sony

Resistor: Refrigerator

                                           BS, May 2014. Circuit Cover

Calculation: 

Ohms Law ~ I = V/R 

We have 6 volts flowing through the entire circuit.  Using Ohms Law if there were 12 Ohms, we would have .5 Amps charging the electronics.