Keywords: Passive sign convention.svg conventional current flows from the positive voltage terminal to the negative With this convention positive power flow p orange arrow will represent power dissipated 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 positive while in an active source component such as a battery or electric generator power dissipation and resistance will be negative 2012-07-19 own Chetvorno cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Resistor diagrams |