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Standard Electrical Units of Measure

Standard electrical units of measure include the volt, ampere, and ohm, which are used to express voltage, current, and resistance, respectively. These units form the basis of the International System of Units for electricity. Sometimes multiples or fractions of these standard units are needed to accurately measure very large or small electrical quantities. Some other common derived units include the farad for capacitance, henry for inductance, watt for power, and hertz for frequency.

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Standard Electrical Units of Measure

Standard electrical units of measure include the volt, ampere, and ohm, which are used to express voltage, current, and resistance, respectively. These units form the basis of the International System of Units for electricity. Sometimes multiples or fractions of these standard units are needed to accurately measure very large or small electrical quantities. Some other common derived units include the farad for capacitance, henry for inductance, watt for power, and hertz for frequency.

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Electrical Units of Measure

Electrical Units of Measurement are used to express standard electrical units along
with their prefixes when the units are too small or too large to express as a base
unit
The standard units of electrical measurement used for the expression of voltage,
current and resistance are the Volt [ V ], Ampere [ A ] and Ohm [ Ω ] respectively.
These electrical units of measurement are based on the International (metric)
System, also known as the SI System with other commonly used electrical units
being derived from SI base units.
Sometimes in electrical or electronic circuits and systems it is necessary to use
multiples or sub-multiples (fractions) of these standard electrical measuring units
when the quantities being measured are very large or very small.
The following table gives a list of some of the standard electrical units of measure
used in electrical formulas and component values .

Standard Electrical Units of Measure

Electrical Measuring
Symbol Description
Parameter Unit

Unit of Electrical Potential


Voltage Volt V or E
V = I × R

Unit of Electrical Current


Current Ampere I or i
I = V ÷ R

Unit of DC Resistance
Resistance Ohm R or Ω
R = V ÷ I

Reciprocal of Resistance
Conductance Siemen G or ℧
G = 1 ÷ R
Unit of Capacitance
Capacitance Farad C
C = Q ÷ V

Unit of Electrical Charge


Charge Coulomb Q
Q = C × V

Unit of Inductance
Inductance Henry L or H
VL = -L(di/dt)

Unit of Power
Power Watts W
P = V × I  or  I2 × R

Unit of AC Resistance
Impedance Ohm Z
Z2 = R2 + X2

Unit of Frequency
Frequency Hertz Hz
ƒ = 1 ÷ T

 Wh – The Watt-Hour, The amount of electrical energy consumed by a


circuit over a period of time. Eg, a light bulb consumes one hundred watts
of electrical power for one hour. It is commonly used in the form
of: Wh (watt-hours), kWh (Kilowatt-hour) which is 1,000 watt-hours
or MWh (Megawatt-hour) which is 1,000,000 watt-hours.

•  dB – The Decibel, The decibel is a one tenth unit of the Bel (symbol B)


and is used to represent gain either in voltage, current or power. It is a
logarithmic unit expressed in dB and is commonly used to represent the
ratio of input to output in amplifier, audio circuits or loudspeaker systems.

 ω – Angular Frequency, Another unit which is mainly used in a.c.


circuits to represent the Phasor Relationship between two or more
waveforms is called Angular Frequency, symbol ω. This is a rotational
unit of angular frequency 2πƒ with units in radians per second, rads/s.
The complete revolution of one cycle is 360 degrees or 2π, therefore,
half a revolution is given as 180 degrees or π rad.
 τ – Time Constant, The Time Constant of an impedance circuit or
linear first-order system is the time it takes for the output to reach
63.7% of its maximum or minimum output value when subjected to a
Step Response input. It is a measure of reaction time.

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