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Description: Get Surfshark VPN at surfshark.deals/asylum - Enter promo code ASYLUM for 83% off and 3 extra months for FREE! Alternating current is kind of wild. Electric charge drifting back and forth, governed by wave mechanics. But what if I told you there's a better way using imaginary numbers and the complex plane? It's called a phasor diagram. 00:00 Cold Open 00:36 Why Rotation? 01:12 Types of Current 02:34 Root Mean Square (RMS) 04:02 Current is a Response 05:05 Complex Plane 06:22 Phasors 07:37 Phase Angle 08:23 Summary 09:09 Sponsor Message 10:15 Outro 10:39 Featured Comment Nick Lucid - Host/Writer/Editor/Animator Vanessa R Bradley - Thumbnail ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Path of Least Resistance: youtu.be/rrIY1UlogBg Dark Matter Exists: youtu.be/AAhWLN2qHGs ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Matthew O'Connor, Nikolaos Vasiloglou II Asylum Orderlies: Dhruv Singhal, Fabio Manzini, Josiah Gleaton, Medec Hurtz Einsteinium Crazies: Bosphorus, Eoin O'Sullivan, Ilya Yashin, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Ken Davis, Sean K, Wacky, Blank NA, Flying Monkey Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Kevin MacLean, Madhu Subbu, Rick Myers Platinum Crazies: André Weyermann, Benjamin Dixon, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Jon Adams, Jonathan Reel, Kyle Bowles, LT Marshall, Marcus Barcelos, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, Stephen Blinn, Stephen Gailey, Tom Hawking, Vittorio Monaco, Don Wilshe ________________________________ OTHER SOURCES hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/phase.html hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/cmplx.html ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS youtube.com/watch?v=AAhWLN2qHGs&lc=UgwuDYqx073gJzV9zJ94AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=AAhWLN2qHGs&lc=UgzN9hQFMMQJWQIepnZ4AaABAg youtube.com/watch?v=AAhWLN2qHGs&lc=Ugy1PFgtZNwvKUL2om14AaABAg ________________________________ IMAGE CREDITS Hank Green: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hank_Green_Vlogbrothers_2016.jpg