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He grabbed a pen and began to draw on the back of a discarded pizza box. He referenced the example problems in the Sadiku text—how they methodically found the open-circuit voltage ($V_Th$) and the equivalent resistance ($R_Th$) by turning off independent sources. He short-circuited the voltage source in his diagram and opened the current source.

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"Look," Elias pointed. "According to the book, if we simplify this section here, the regulator isn't a complex network anymore. It’s just a 12V source with a 5-ohm resistor. And if the load resistance is 4 ohms..." He grabbed a pen and began to draw

Unlike other subjects that require a lab, network theory is purely mathematical and logical. The Alexander & Sadiku textbook provides: It’s just a 12V source with a 5-ohm resistor

They quickly calculated the output. The numbers matched the failure they were seeing. The internal resistance of their supply was too high; it was "stealing" the voltage from the motor.