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| Keywords: Active sign convention.svg electrical component To comply with this convention the direction of the voltage v and current i variables in an electric component are defined as shown in the diagram so that conventional current flows from the negative voltage terminal to the positive With this convention positive power flow p orange arrow will represent power flowing out of the device that is power produced in the device So in a passive load component such as a light bulb or appliance power dissipation p iv and electrical resistance R v / i will be negative while in an active source component such as a battery or electric generator power dissipation and resistance will be positive This convention is not normally used in electrical circuits 2012-10-06 14 10 53 own Chetvorno cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Resistor diagrams | ||||
