Re: HELP!! Need answers for test!!!

["Robertm" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We drop the voltage and subsequently it reduces the current. Or we pass
current through a resistor and it produces a voltage drop thereby limiting
the current. Voltage and current through a resistor are dependent on each
other. No current, no voltage drop. The only argument remaining is the
language we choose to say the same thing. I think we are all saying the same
thing in one way or another.

Bob

"petem" <petem001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I do not agree and this link will say the same
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> http://www.answers.com/topic/resistor
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> a resistor is limiting current not voltage
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> "Robertm" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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>> "Frank Olson" <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>>> Robertm wrote:
>>>> "Gator" <karlwithgator@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> What device reduces
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>>>>>current?a)resistor, b)capacitor?
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>>>> Not enough information given for an (a) or (b) answer. A resistor will
>>>> reduce both ac and dc current. A capacitor will reduce ac current
>>>> dependent on frequency and value of capacitor, while completely
>>>> blocking dc current. If we are talking dc, then a resistor will reduce
>>>> the current somewhat whereas a capacitor will reduce it to zero after
>>>> the initial inrush current.
>>>>
>>>> Bob
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>>> A resistor won't reduce current.  It'll drop voltage, but the current
>>> remains unaffected.  A capacitor will reduce current.
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>> I agree, if we are looking strictly at the added resistor, it is a
>> voltage dropping device, not a current dropping device, and all
>> calculations for the load are based on the dropping voltage across the
>> added resistor even though the net effect of the resistor is that the
>> current will be reduced by reducing the voltage, assuming a series
>> resistive circuit.
>>
>> Bob
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