Electrical tutorial web site?

[concretelackey]

I'm fairly confident with household 110V wiring for lighting and receptacles but almost totally lost when electrical becomes electronics. Is there a fairly well explained web site that explains in laymans terms how resistors/capacitors/etc function so that I can become more confident/competent with these components?

Thanks

[reklein]

Yeah,there Mr. Lackey. Look up DCC WIKI and you shall be gratified. Sorry I haven't figured out how to make stuff clickable yet. I had to look it up on my favorites list.

[concretelackey]

Thanks for the response....although I've found WIKI to be rather.....consistantly inconsistant with accuracy when dealing with topics of which I am competent with.

The searches I've done so far have resulted in sites that are very basic or are rocket science material.....I'll keep looking though.

Thanks again....

[PHARMD98233]

Take a look at this and see if it meets your need.  The Brits do a lot of this type of basic electronic stuff

www.merg.org.uk/led/index.htm

 

[tstage]

Ken, 

Try this site: Basic Electricity 101

Dave Loman put this site together a couple of years ago, with the input (or feedback) of a few folks here on the forum.  Hopefully this will help answer some of your questions.  I found the link again and have it bookmarked.

Tom

[reklein]

How about howstuffworks.com ?

 

[concretelackey]

Thanks for the replys!

I check them out as soon as I can.

[BlueHillsCPR]

Here are mine.

http://home.neo.rr.com/mrwithdcc/Ohms.html

http://www.awrr.com/descorn.html

http://www.kpsec.freeuk.com/acdc.htm#rms

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/tutorial/triacs/triacs.html

http://www.electronics2000.co.uk/gstart/index.htm

http://www.merg.org.uk/led/index.htm

http://www.merg.org.uk/resistor/index.htm

http://www.solarbotics.net/bftgu/starting_elect_passive.html

 Another great place to learn about electronics is this forum right here! 

 

[jbinkley60]

 

And if all else fails, post your question here.