Electricity that alternates the direction it flows in. The electricity in your house is AC. It changes the direction it flows in 60 times per second.

A unit of measurement for the amount of electricity flowing in a system.

A collection of wires and components in a device where electricity flows. It controls all the blinking lights and sounds in the device.

A box that takes all the wires from each solar panel and combines them into one bigger wire.

Regular AC Power that you use everyday in your home.

See electric current.

A device that changes the amount of electricity flowing in a system.

Electricity that flows in one direction only.

The amount of electricity flowing in a system, usually measured in amperes or amps for short.

Also called a magnetic field, it is the area around electricity where magnetic forces are produced. When electricity flows through a wire, it causes the wire to turn into a magnet. The more wire, or t [..]