An automobile starter motor has an equivalent resistance of 0.0470 and is suppli

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An automobile starter motor has an equivalent resistance of 0.0470 and is supplied by a 12.0 V battery with a 0.0120 internal resistance. (a) What is the current (in A) to the motor? (b) What voltage (in V) is applied to it? (c) What power (in kW) is supplied to the motor? kW (d) Repeat these calculations for when the battery connections are corroded and add 0.0900 to the circuit. (Significant problems are caused by even small amounts of unwanted resistance in low-voltage, high-current applications.) current voltage power kw

Explanation / Answer

a) current I = emf / Rtot = 12 /(0.047 + 0.0120 ) = 203.4 A

b ) V = I R = 203.4 * 0.047 = 9.56 V

c ) power = V2 / R = 9.562 / 0.047 = 1944 W = 1.94 kW

d) current I = emf / Rtot = 12 /(0.047 + 0.0120 + 0.0900) = 80.54 A

V = I R = 80.54 * 0.047 = 3.78 V

power = V2 / R = 3.782 / 0.047 = 305 W = 0.305 kW

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