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  • blew my mind with the pyramid

  • I've got a science exam on monday, this helped so much!

  • Awesome explanation! Music is bad though. Won't let you relax.

  • Thanks, I forgot what all of that meant till I saw your video

  • very nice realy understand very easily 10x u

  • I'm studying Electric Installation at college, wish I had found this sooner! subscribed!

  • V and U is DIFFERENT !!learn to write U

  • @cagalova

    Americans use V for voltage.

  • Twinkle twinkle little star / Power = I^2 R / Up Above the world so high / Power = V x I

  • Subbed. Really helpful, entertaining, and easy to understand! Thanks

  • Actually yes... i didnt expect a black elf..

  • you should make your videos ore exciting it gets a bit boring after a while

  • Could you describe thevenins and nortons theorem?

  • Subscribed ;-)

  • I love ya videos Collin. There very helpfull all of them! very easy to understand. And the stuff you do cracks me up lol

    Thanx Collin for ya time to help. ;-)

    BIG THUMBS UP*

  • Its U=RI

  • U=IR not V=IR

  • I have a science exam on this tomorrow thanks man you cool!

  • @MrPowQ Ohms law was created by George ohm. Who was a school teacher prior to his studies on the matter

  • I'm trying to build an LED light box for my filming rig. I have 108, 3.6v, LEDs connected in series. The resistance 22ohms, from a 9V 2.50 amp battery. What further resistor should i use to prevent making the battery hot?

  • definitely something to remember about electronics. Then there's Kirchhoff's laws and their applications which get more complicated....

  • ohm is my nick name

  • Ohms law isnt V=IR, it is U=RI because the man who came with this law is named Uri Geller, and he did these U=RI by his first name, what i learnt in school anyway, but things could be different here in sweden....

  • I'm about as math averse as they come and I thoroughly enjoyed this.

  • very good

  • Here is something doesn't make sense to me if I had a 9 volt battery at 1 amps & if I put in a 1 ohm resistor than I would have increased my amps to 9? 9v*1ohm = 9current.

  • @lineage13

    9volts / 1amp = 9ohms

    9ohms + 1ohm = 10ohms

    9volts / 10ohms = 0.9amps

    Hope this helps :)

  • just look at this for a refresher good job

  • if this is science y the hell is it on my math test

  • Top one 10/10 on this. thanks loads.

  • I know what each code means:

    V: Voltage

    R: Resistor

    I: Current

    Before I watched this.

  • WOOOO. Science work made easy

    THANKS!

  • Hey I'm currently majoring Automotive Technician and I was going through lessons of Ohm's Law and didn't understand this much but watching this completely made me understand alot more of Ohm's Laws thanks alot we could really use you as a teacher :D

  • Current uses I because it's latin and the world in latin for current is the same that evolved in english to intensity.

  • thanks

  • i love math f(t)=sin(124*PI*t)

  • as a newcomer to electronics, and i mean, im a complete noob, it would be handy if you explained to people how 30M/a translates into .03amps, and the reason why you need to convert it in the first place.

    while i can follow your example much better than any of my lecturers, its a shame you qualified guys still assume that us wee students should automatically know how to convert these simple figures, and should automatically know the reason why to do so.

    but thanks anyways. u did help me.

  • @DaveyLoosesWeight volts, amperes and ohms are the standard units for voltage, current and resistance respectively. He said that he wanted to produce 30 milliamps, by milli meaning 1/1000. So converting that he divided 30 by 1000 producing .03 amps. This is absolutely necessary to avoid confusion dividing 9 by 30, getting 0.3 but forgetting it has a different unit.

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  • we invent a machine that makes you grow hair

  • i still dont get it.... why do u need a resistor or resistance?

  • @2enmi to prevent short circute

  • @2enmi

    to limit/control current or voltage

  • common canadian circuitry 120 v 20 a 120/20=6ohms like if this is correct

  • Wow, this is really helpfull! Thanks.

  • MATHS! GOOD GOD IT'S MATHS! YOU CAN'T HAVE A SINGLE 'MATHEMATIC'!

    That aside, great video :)

  • @SepradistPhantom dude, calm down, math is gramatically correct. Just like its correct to say "In hospital" where you come from.

  • @Generalvaldez I think you're mistaking 'grammatically correct' with 'completely incorrect'. And what would you say apart from 'in hospital'? :p

    I don't care if people add to the English language, quite the opposite. But when they make up new things for things we already have it's just completely pointless, and it creates a gap between English speakers all over the world. For example: "sidewalk"? What was wrong with "pavement"? Not painfully obvious enough for you? ;)

  • @SepradistPhantom The countries we come from have standardized the dialect of English spoken. Math in America is completely correct, In America we don't say in hospital, we say in THE hospital. Language would be boring if there was only one word for the same idea, sidewalk and pavement, two words, same idea. Knowledge is power, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the variations our language has all over the world, its fun to learn. btw, I like how we are talking English on a circuitry video.

  • @Generalvaldez The point of language isn't to be interesting, it's to facilitate communication. OF COURSE the world would be a better place if we all spoke the same language :p

    And why not? ;)

  • @SepradistPhantom If the world were to speak one language, it would be culture-less. Everyone expresses their ideas differently, different languages is one basic example of that.

  • @Generalvaldez That's completely untrue, culture has little to do with language. If everybody were to speak one language then we would all be able to experience each culture in far more depth. Note i didn't say 'if everybody were to speak ONLY one language'.

  • @SepradistPhantom Language has the most impact on culture. Just look at chinese! Sometimes a word in a language cannot be accurately translated to another language simply because its not a part of the other language's culture, prime example, Ungeziefer in german, often translated to some type of bug or insect, however that is not its meaning.

  • @SepradistPhantom I speak English(natively), Spanish (natively), Chinese, and Japanese. In my studies of Chinese and Japanese, I've learned ( in america there's no such word as learnt btw) that English as expresive as it is, it cannot express the same cultural values of the Japanese and Chinese. Language is fundamental to culture.

  • @Generalvaldez The problem with that ideology being the distinct lack of language teachers who are good enough to actually teach somebody a language.

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  • @SepradistPhantom you are your only teacher, it just depends on whether or not you have desire.

  • good ol' Horowitz and Hill

  • thank you MAKE and thank you again 

  • Voltage is normally E or V you understand campo4321

  • Voltage is normally E..

  • 6:20 'USE IT!' *hands up* ok i'll! plz don't shoot!

  • why do you use V instead of U? I'm used to U : /

  • @itsmeafreak - V for volts. What would U stand for?

  • @technologyguy223 Okay, I googled a lil and found out: U stands for latin "urgere" .

  • I make speakers and amps like pa amps stuff like that they handle 8 ohms to 3 ohms 200wrms to 400wrms its just a hobbie.

  • 2:40 that's the potencial !

  • VOLTAGE is not V !! VOLTAGE is U ! the formel code is U not V :D

  • i have a 18v battery with 200ma and i want to turn it into that same current into 12v but also increase the amps up to 9 amps (if possible) how can i acomplish such thing? my dad sugested me a transformer but i dont know how it works, if you have a better ideia please advise!

  • @bazengao Current and amps are the same thing, so I was a bit confused by the question. Regardless, a transformer only works with AC power (like a wall socket), so that would be out of the question. You might want to look into a different source to provide that kind of current.

  • More make presents! The best videos on make!

  • usually people that are involved with circuits have a keen interest in math...

  • i think a narrowing in the pipe would be more like a transformer, because its reducing voltage, but increasing amperage. i would compare a resister in a circuit with a hole in a pipe.

  • so when doing the equiation i have to convert it to AMPS/Ohms/Voltage instead of mA/Kohms/mV ?? ex: 9 volts / 200mA is wrong i have to have them as AMPS

  • @eddiea6987 9 volts / 200mA would be incorrect, you should convert the mA to A which i beleive is mA/1000. so your quation would be 9 V / 0.2 A

  • @Master0fDeasater lol you stole my word :P

  • Awesome tutorial! Thanks!

  • Awesome video!

  • thank you very much

  • Thanks for the lesson. I've been trying to understand this lately, but I needed somebody to show me. Cool channel.

  • THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU Yr9 science PASS thx to you THANKS THANKS THANKS

  • @MrJimmy713 yr9?? y the hell r u doin this in yr 9??

  • @wakablue3 I know its so retarded

  • @wakablue3 OH NO, so are we. It's not that bad though.

  • beleive it or not but, you just helped me with my public speaking class! thank you!!!

  • @2Fast4You1264 why u watching it them? :L

  • LOL i see the angry transformer in the background

  • you scarred me as hell, i thought that i was messed up my psyhics test, but it appears to be that, we, in lithuania, mark voltage with letter U, not V, so everything is fine 8) :D

  • lol voltage is marked with U not with V

  • the original is actually the letter E..... if you dont believe me take it up with Georg Simon Ohm.

  • now can you explain it to me like im a six year old... just kidding. loved the video.

  • My native language is portuguese, I haven't studyied this at school yet and I could perfectly understand it! Why do explanations on youtube always seem to be 10x better than my teachers?

  • Pretty straightforward. Fantastic video.  Related question: When/Why would one want to increase/decrease resistance?

  • @muusicman1993 one example would be for something like and LED that can only handle a certain amount of current, by increasing resistance you limit the current that reaches the LED. Check out the Make explanation of a resistor on their Vimeo channel

  • I cant wait to make my own X-ray tubehead...

    *note, PLEASE don't even consider this if you are not a certified radiographer. You would end up in a legal mess( look into the NRC[nuclear regulatory commission], Madam Curie and Rad. Health for more general info.), and potentially dieing in the most painful way imaginable.

    I <3 tech, and I want to do legitimate art w/x-rays, as well as general experimentation in the radiographic field. I just wish my certs were up. Oh well, too bad it takes ∞ $...

  • Wow, these videos are fantastic! Great presentations, interesting subjects.

  • iv got my big electric test to see if i get into electrical engeneering, life time opurtunity and this has helped out allott THANKYOUU!!! ;D

  • so cool

  • #p# #p#  es desir pelado pelotudo que hace pelotudeses

  • This Guy makes Kipkay look like a noob!

    No offence Kipkay his vid's are the only reason i ever heard of Make!

    good job guys making electronics a little clearer to us non-engineers!

  • You should show how to get these values for parallel and series circuits so people don't get confused. I learned this in 9th grade this year lol

  • how do you know what size resistor to use if you are trying to drop the voltage

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  • @KdrummerK

    Use I=V/R. You have the initial voltage, yes? If so, then find the current for what ever you're trying to power and simply plug in the givens into your formula.

  • oh my gosh thumbs up if your nose bleed when you saw this math!! my brain can't function it anymore T^T

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  • hi ..how to measure laptop battery (dell laptop battery) thanks

  • I like your pen :D

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  • 7:09 made me pass my physics exam that was today!

  • nice way to learn.plz visit our channel and send comment to us.

  • thank you, have a test tomorrow, this is great

  • lolol I said "simple algebra" out loud EXACTLY when you said "thanks to algebra" in the video so we both said algebra at the same time! :D

  • I thought resistors drop voltage not current?. I want to charge a shaver off USB instead of using up another of my plug sockets. The charger is rated at 3.8v pulling 80mA. How can I make 5v USB that pulls 500mA max suitable for charger the shaver?

    I thought it would be easier to use an 3.3v Voltage Regulator with a resistor, But I don't know if 3.3v will charge it correctly and you always get a voltage drop out.

  • I had been having a little trouble getting my head around some of these rules of electricity, but your video really helped make things a little clearer for me, thank you :)

  • Great video helped me cram for the ole physics test, though if anything is turning me off of circuit making is those long ass fingernails

  • fuck man ur amazing

  • can you be my math teacher? :D

  • @321beth321 would you happen to mean physics?

  • @BleachBlonde147 oh well yes, yes haha i feel stupid.

  • @321beth321 LOL i know he's amazing :D 

  • @DoingItYourself

    Ooops - I forgot to subtract the 3V LED voltage from the 9 V supply. When your circuit is running, there will be 3V across the LED leaving only 6V across the dropping resistor. Therefore, you need to divide 6V by the forward operating current of the LED to find the right resistor. Dividing 9V by the LED current would under power the LED by about one third.

    You should be able to Google the part number of the LED to find the data sheet online.

  • @MandrewP that will be the voltage that you are measuring running in the circuit not the voltage needed to run the led.

  • @aayush10001

    The voltage to run the LED is 3V. So when the circuit is running properly, there will be 3 V across the LED leaving 6 V across the dropping resistor. Whatever current is required by the LED (found on the data sheet) is what will be flowing through the dropping resistor and LED. Therefore, to find the value of the dropping resistor (which will have 6 V across it, you then divide the 6 V by the current required by the LED.

    So, 6 / LED current = value of the dropping resistor.

  • Same concept of density... Density = mass divided by volume.

  • love u 

  • very informative

  • thanks its useful

  • This is the fundamentals of electric flow, and conservation of energy across a closed path. However, it's not good enough to determine how transistor operates, electromagnetic field behaves on a PCB. You can build a simple circuit based on OHM's Law, but, not a complex circuit that requires further complex analysis such as signal processing, etc...When we introduce inductance and capicitance, AC, it's very complex.

  • But this law is used only for the part of a circuit. For the whole circuit the formula is : I=e/(R+r), where I is current, e is emf (electromotive force), R is resistance and r is resistance of the power supply. Emf=I*R+I*r where the I*R=V so emf=V+I*r. Wich means that I=V+I*r/R+r.

  • @makemagazine isn't I used instead of C, because C stands for Capacitance, unlike wat u said (Coulumbs)?. Because here I and C are symbols, whereas C for Coulumb is a unit.

  • What I just don't get:

    When I have a LED (3 volt) and a 9 volt battery, what resistor do I use ?, 'cause the only thing i know is the voltage of the battery and LED...

  • @DoingItYourself

    You have to know the current requirements of the LED. You could look that up in the documentation (data sheet) for that LED. It will specify the maximum forward current, and then you would divide the voltage by that current to find the proper dropping resistor.

  • @MandrewP Thank you !

  • I wish this guy was my teacher in my Electronics Computer Tech courses I took.

  • @TheDookieMaster I wish also. We had only junk teachers that make electronics look sooo boring........ :(

  • best educational video soundtrack

  • How do you find total power ?

  • @wirelesscps Voltage * Current = Watts

  • The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance is similar to the relationship between distance, rate, and time

  • Good job professor!

  • Thanks this vid helped me out in school

  • Shouldn't his answer have been in kilo ohms?  I'm probably wrong, haven't taken an electronics class in years.

  • 6:20 epic face

  • HOLY CRAP thank a lot

    that will help me

  • this might sound stupid. but if you have something interesting to say. leave the fucking music out of the background

  • Awesome, dude.

    Thank you!

  • at 6:20 his head looks like the symbol of ohms

  • your video is good,I remember only a few instructors in the seventies and eighties that could teach with simplicity.the others should have stayed electronics engineers and nuclear physicists in the work force because they couldnt teach squat!

  • Does this mean that if I have one volt and 0.0000001Ohms My current is huge?

  • @andrewyaoauatauabaea yes, but that little resistance is probably impossible

  • @andrewyaoauatauabaea You got it. Because your resistance (Ohms) is so small, the electricity's rate of flow (current) is very large, even though you only have one volt. In other words, there's almost nothing limiting how fast the electricity can flow.

  • @gbmodern Except the internal resistance of the voltage/current source which would be the limiting factor.

  • use it xD

    sounds like yes we can :p

  • I go to school and I have learned the most just from this video, thank you.

  • you think my hair will fell if I get too smart?

  • more explanation about series and parallel would be appretiated

  • 555 videos! YES! :) And before this one, 800 comments! Whee numbers.

  • So well done, thanks for the help.

  • you are very helpful..and a pleasure to watch

    thanks

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  • if you really want to design circuits, you should already know this, this is just the very basic, cause you need to know about how circuits work in series and parallel

    like in serie the current constant and in a parallel circuit it wil be divided bij how many resitors you have

    the voltage and resistance are added per resistor in a serie, but if it is parallel they are in every point of the circuit the same.

    I learned this stuf a long a go in school when is was 14,and this is a small bit of it

  • 6:19 "use it" haha

  • 6:19 "use it"

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  • Thanks man, Youre awesome, helped a lot really

  • For all those people asking about his pen (all 3 of you), it's a Uni-Ball Gel Impact. Writes pretty smoothly.

  • @jaylin27 yea i have 1 and they last a long time too