Welcome to CP4008 Blog Page

Dear all,

Welcome to CP4008 blog page, a blog that has been specially prepared for you to complement and supplement the lessons taught in class.

Feel free to post positive and constructive comments, doubts or questions in this blog. CP4008 module team will definitely take the time and effort to review them.

Electrical Safety

Electrical Safety Tips

Watch these videos for more safety tips. Video 1. Video 2.

Now that, we have covered electrical safety in class and you have watched the 2 videos above, test your understanding here.


Importance of Fuses & Circuit Breakers

Watch this short clip to find out.

Static Electricity

Static Electricity in Action?

Can you see static electricity in action? Find out more about some demonstrations or experiments that can let you "see" static electrcity. If not,
see this and this.


The Good and the Bad about Static Electrcity

Watch the following video. Ask yourself what happened in the end and why.

Static ignition is undesirable. Do you know how to prevent its occurrence? However is static electricity all bad and no good? Click here.


Static Electricity & Dust

We know static electricity is applied in electrostatic precipitators to remove dust particles from air. What about vacuum cleaner? We use it to clean up as well isn't it? So how does it work? Read to find out more.

Basics of Electricity

Seeing Stars?!

Seeing stars with so many terms and their respective units? Fret not. Take this short survey to test your understanding.


Ohm's Law

V=IR. Try some questions here.


Basic Equations

Recall the fundamental electrical equations here.


Just For Fun!

What happens if your calculator runs out of battery during your AEE test? Fret not. Just connect some potatoes to it. Kidding?! Watch this.


Series, Parallel, Series-Parallel

How do resistors work in parallel? See this video to understand a bit more.

Circuit Analysis

KVL, KCL?

Complete the following short survey to test your understanding on mesh analysis.

Capacitors

Charging & Discharging

Watch this short clip on the process of capacitor charging and discharging.