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  • A compass needle under a wire is deflected when a high current passes through the wire.
  • Can be done on the document camera or OHP.










         (use 12 A rheostat, set current to 8 A)
        (keep rheostat and any other stray magnetic fields away from wire)

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  • View seen by students.

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