amperage
Flow rate measure
Amperage is the strength of an electric current measured in amperes.
It indicates how much electrical charge flows through a conductor per unit of time.
While voltage is the pressure pushing electricity through a circuit, amperage is the volume of electricity actually flowing.
Electricians and engineers consider amperage when sizing wires and circuit breakers: Make sure the outlet can handle the amperage your appliance draws.
Electrical flow gauge
- multimeterCombined electrical measuring device
- galvanometerMeasures electrical flow strength
- ohmmeterInstrument measuring electrical resistance
- voltmeterElectrical potential difference gauge
reading · calibration · precision · accuracy · scale · sensitivity · circuit tester · digital display
Directed flow of charge
- ampsCurrent measurement units
- milliampsCurrent in thousandths
- microampsOne-millionth ampere units
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
conductor · resistance · ohm · voltage · wattage · electrons · coulombs · transformer
Assigned evaluative score
- drawCreate with pencil
- outputWhat something generates
- supplyFurnish or stock
- maximumGreatest permitted quantity
continuous · peak · threshold · limit · load capacity · wire gauge · surge · sustained
ammeter
Electrical flow gauge
- multimeterCombined electrical measuring device
- galvanometerMeasures electrical flow strength
- ohmmeterInstrument measuring electrical resistance
voltmeter · reading · calibration · precision · accuracy · scale · sensitivity · circuit tester · digital display · analog
current
Directed flow of charge
circuit · conductor · resistance · ohm · voltage · wattage · electrons · coulombs · transformer · rectifier
rating
Assigned evaluative score
maximum · continuous · peak · threshold · limit · load capacity · wire gauge · surge · sustained · nominal
- energyelectricity, power, oil, fuel, gas
- measurementsheight, stature, meters, depth, pound
- Electricalwiring, outlets, circuits, fuses, breakers
- electricityelectricity, battery, batteries, wire, wires
- utilitieselectricity, water supply, public utilities, water line, gas service
- Physics quantitiesacceleration, amplitude, area, current, distance