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26th October 2006, 12:58pm
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#1 | | tired and emotional Editor
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| Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
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26th October 2006, 1:02pm
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#2 | | Experimental stooge
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Indeed it is... | |
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26th October 2006, 1:02pm
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#3 | | MacGuyver
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
An oldie, but a goodie  | |
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26th October 2006, 1:03pm
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#4 | | Moment Ruiner
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
i wonder if my toaster has that kind of power....
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26th October 2006, 1:07pm
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#5 | | MacGuyver
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Volts aren't a unit of measurement of power… | |
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26th October 2006, 1:13pm
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#6 | | Moment Ruiner
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
blah blahblah blah blahblah blah blahblahblah blah blahblah
ok, so i shoulda known that
we can all see that my year doing int2 physics was wasted
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26th October 2006, 1:18pm
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#7 | | turning water into funk
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Sweet. I wonder if that could be channeled through both my boyf and flatmate to jolt them into getting off their arses and getting new jobs? Before frying them to a crispy crisp, that is.  | |
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26th October 2006, 1:36pm
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#8 | | ShakingTheDisease SuperMod
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
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Originally Posted by nevali  Volts aren't a unit of measurement of power… |
But you can't have electrical power without them
In fact they kinda are, they're a measure of power expressed as a multiple of a given current surely? In fact power is often expressed by the symbol VA instead of W; same as force can be expressed as kgm/s^-2 or N for shorthand.
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26th October 2006, 1:37pm
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#9 | | MacGuyver
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Ssssssh | |
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26th October 2006, 1:41pm
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#10 | | Eternally clueless one
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
pretty. woulda looked cooler in the dark though. | |
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26th October 2006, 4:02pm
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#11 | | Registered User
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Quote:
Originally Posted by djtoast But you can't have electrical power without them
In fact they kinda are, they're a measure of power expressed as a multiple of a given current surely? In fact power is often expressed by the symbol VA instead of W; same as force can be expressed as kgm/s^-2 or N for shorthand. | Volt amps and watts are different
"Real Power is measured in watts (W) and is the power drawn by the electrical resistance of a system that does useful work
Apparent Power is measured in volt-amps (VA) and is the voltage on an AC system multiplied by all the current that flows in it. It is the vector sum of the true and the reactive power.
Reactive Power, is measured in volt-amperes reactive (VAR). Reactive Power is the power stored in and discharged by the inductive motors, transformers or solenoids." | |
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26th October 2006, 4:05pm
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#12 | | Ain't Your Fairytale
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Pretty cool
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26th October 2006, 4:19pm
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#13 | | Mr WYSIWYG
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnBoy Volt amps and watts are different
"Real Power is measured in watts (W) and is the power drawn by the electrical resistance of a system that does useful work
Apparent Power is measured in volt-amps (VA) and is the voltage on an AC system multiplied by all the current that flows in it. It is the vector sum of the true and the reactive power.
Reactive Power, is measured in volt-amperes reactive (VAR). Reactive Power is the power stored in and discharged by the inductive motors, transformers or solenoids." | Hey! I don't come here to get edumacated!
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26th October 2006, 4:20pm
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#14 | | tired and emotional Editor
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Quote:
Originally Posted by djtoast But you can't have electrical power without them
In fact they kinda are, they're a measure of power expressed as a multiple of a given current surely? In fact power is often expressed by the symbol VA instead of W; same as force can be expressed as kgm/s^-2 or N for shorthand. | Voltage is a measure of the difference in charge between two defined points.
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26th October 2006, 4:25pm
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#15 | | Mr WYSIWYG
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| Re: Ever found yourself wondering what 500,000 Volts looks like?
Agh! Stop putting knowledge in my head!!
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