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Questions:
i. What is the frequency of AC in the UK?
ii. What is the difference between DC and AC?
iii. Give an example for the DC source.
3) Mains Electricity:
Mains electricity is the term used to refer to the electricity supply from power
stations to households.
Questions:
i. Mains electricity is supplied as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(DC/AC)
ii. UK mains voltage is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(110V/230V)
Questions:
i. By using a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ transformer lower voltage AC can be converted
to higher voltage.
Questions:
i. A typical cable comprises of two or three inner cores of copper, because
copper is a good _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
ii. A typical cable comprises of outer layers of flexible plastic, because plastic
is a good _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
iii. Consider the 3pin plug wiring, what are the colors of earth wire, live wire
and neutral wire respectively?
7) Safety (RCCB):
l) A residual current circuit breaker (RCCB) cuts the current to an appliance, like
a fuse, only that it is an electromagnet.
m) This means it works far quicker than a fuse - reducing the risk of
electrocution.