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Re: another look at volts, amps and watts
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Posted by jdemaris on January 23, 2004 at 05:30:46 from (209.23.31.193):
In Reply to: another look at volts, amps and watts posted by Lew on January 22, 2004 at 22:15:46:
Yes, but much of the didactic stuff is still based on electron THEORY, i.e. no one has actually seen the electrons as they do their thing. I don't believe it has been proven yet if neg. charge attracts pos., or vice-versa. A good, non-erudite explanation is comparing electricity to a water faucet. Voltage is the water pressure, and amperage is the flow once the faucet is turned on. Watts equals volts times amps, and for some reason, I've been seeing the term "volt-amps" used instead of "watts" unless its connotation is for something different.
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