New member with no formal electrical training, but I have been studying circuits, electricity, and appliance repair electrical on my own and love diagnosis and troubleshooting but most of all understanding (or trying to) the electrical fundamentals of why a circuit works the way it does.
First of many questions....
*Does a resistor in an AC circuit reduce the Voltage or reduce the amperage?
An electric dryer's timer circuit on one setting switches from a straight 110v line feed to neutral to the 220v (110v, 110v) circuit normally used for the heater. This time though one leg of the current passes through a resistor. Does this effectively make the 220 circuit a 110v circuit?
*A pellet stove uses a potentiometer wired to what seems to be a time delay relay/timer switch. Would anyone know what is going on inside that switch? It has two incoming voltage fees, a neutral, and two wires from the potentiometer, but I cannot tell how all these wires are working in conjunction.
thanks in advance to any and all who might comment, s o
First of many questions....
*Does a resistor in an AC circuit reduce the Voltage or reduce the amperage?
An electric dryer's timer circuit on one setting switches from a straight 110v line feed to neutral to the 220v (110v, 110v) circuit normally used for the heater. This time though one leg of the current passes through a resistor. Does this effectively make the 220 circuit a 110v circuit?
*A pellet stove uses a potentiometer wired to what seems to be a time delay relay/timer switch. Would anyone know what is going on inside that switch? It has two incoming voltage fees, a neutral, and two wires from the potentiometer, but I cannot tell how all these wires are working in conjunction.
thanks in advance to any and all who might comment, s o