Electricity Experiments You Can Do At Home

Amp up your understanding of electricity and magnetism with DOZENS OF DO-IT-YOURSELF EXPERIMENTS

Electricity 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 reducer

* Compass-based galvanometer

* Photovoltaic illuminometer

* Utility bulb saver

* Ripple filter

* Xener-diode voltage regulator

* AC spectrum monitor

* Ampere's law with wire loop

* AC electromagnet

* Handheld wind turbine

* And dozens more projects