Hi all,
Doing revision (Eng student), and whilst I have grasped many of the harder topics, passive sign convention has confused me a little it seems.
For example, I (most likely wrongly) disagree with the result for Example 1.3 of the link below.
My reasoning is that the current reference direction is NOT in the same direction as the voltage drop, therefore it must be P= -iv (i.e power is being extracted from the element?)
I assume that this (my reasoning) is wrong?
Can anyone explain this?
Thanks.
Link: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Passive_sign_convention
((First post, so cut me some slack if I have done something wrong, thanks.))
Doing revision (Eng student), and whilst I have grasped many of the harder topics, passive sign convention has confused me a little it seems.
For example, I (most likely wrongly) disagree with the result for Example 1.3 of the link below.
My reasoning is that the current reference direction is NOT in the same direction as the voltage drop, therefore it must be P= -iv (i.e power is being extracted from the element?)
I assume that this (my reasoning) is wrong?
Can anyone explain this?
Thanks.
Link: http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Passive_sign_convention
((First post, so cut me some slack if I have done something wrong, thanks.))