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What is the difference between Electronics and electrical. can we differentiate with low and high voltage how ever electrical devices also use low voltage?

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Question added by Yasir Noaman , CONSULTANT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER , AL-TERAZ KIKLOP
Date Posted: 2013/12/23
Rostom El Baz
by Rostom El Baz , ICT-Project Engineer , Alghanim International

Simply 

Electronic= adjective

Electrical=noun.

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In industry Field

Electronic: Small components that uses dc voltage of less than24 v (i.e. low voltages)

Examples:capacitors, resistances , LEDs and Diodes and so on.

Electrical: Large components that uses AC voltages (i.e. high voltages)

 

Examples:Underground cables , Motors and generator.

 

Electrical devices uttilises electrical current converting them into of the another form of energy as per required.

Electronic devices utilise electrical current by superimposing useful information on it therby perfoming required operations.

Qaisar Nadeem
by Qaisar Nadeem , Lecturer , Swedish Group of Technology

1: Electronics is a branch of physics which deals with study of vaccume tubes, semiconductor and use of semiconductor devices to design electronic circuit whereas Electrical enginering deals with study and applications of electricity generation,its distribution and utilization of electrical energy. 

2:Each electronic appliance opearted with DC voltage(couple of volts to thousands of volts) eg tv, computer,  mobile etc

    Electrical Appliances are operated with AC voltage...

3 electronic cct use active components in major like diode, transistors

    Electrical cct use passive comp like inductor.

Yasir Noaman
by Yasir Noaman , CONSULTANT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER , AL-TERAZ KIKLOP

but electronics circuits can also consume High voltages ? than how we can say electronics compunents only consume low voltage .

Leonardo Banzali
by Leonardo Banzali , Electrical Maintenance-trainer , Sadara Chemical Company

Electrical devices also utilize small voltages but electronics really differ in the sense that it can involve in components that will compose of tiny or compacted circuit network or networks in one component only.

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