Electricity Experiments You Can Do At Home

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Amp up your understanding of electricity and magnetism with DOZENS OF DO-IT-YOURSELF EXPERIMENTSElectricity Experiments You Can Do At Home is a hands-on guide that helps you master the principles of electrical currents and magnetism. Each of the book's three sections--direct current, alternating current, and magnetism--begins with step-by-step instructions for setting up your lab for the experiments that follow. Using inexpensive, easy-to-find parts, the experiments progress from basic to more complex and will spark ideas and encourage inventiveness. Expect unexpected results when you experiment with:Diode-based voltage reducerCompass-based galvanometerPhotovoltaic illuminometerUtility bulb saverRipple filterXener-diode voltage regulatorAC spectrum monitorAmpere's law with wire loopAC electromagnetHandheld wind turbineAnd dozens more projectsELECTRICITY EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN DO AT HOME helps you to:Solve circuit problems in electricityBuild practical and interesting electrical and magnetic devicesGet ideas for science-fair projectsPrepare for advanced courses in electricity and electronicsLearn the basics of laboratory practice

Stan Gibilisco is a professional technical writer who specializes in books on electronics and science topics. He is the author of The Encyclopedia of Electronics, The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing, and The Illustrated Dictionary of Electronics, as well as over 20 other technical books. His published works have won numerous awards. The Encyclopedia of Electronics was chosen a "Best Reference Book of the 1980s" by the American Library Association, which also named his McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Personal Computing a "Best Reference of 1996."