Using Ohm's Law and the System Internationale (SI) Metric System, electrical measuring units can be derived.

EO 1.3

DESCRIBE the following electrical parameters, including the unit of measurement and the relationship to other parameters.

a. Voltage

b. Current

c. Resistance

d. Conductance

e. Power

f. Inductance

g. Capacitance

EO 1.4

Given any two of the three component values of Ohm's Law, DETERMINE the unknown component value.

System Internationale (SI) Metric System

Electrical units of measurement are based on the International (metric) System, also known as the SI System. Units of electrical measurement include the following:

Ampere Volt Ohm Siemens Watt Henry Farad

Appendix A provides more information concerning the metric system, metric prefixes, and powers of 10 that are used in electrical measuring units.