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- From: astroboy@netspace.net.au (Paul Dossett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Conspiracy???? Something stinks folks.
- Date: 18 Mar 1996 10:37:25 GMT
- Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
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- Mike (Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk) said:
- >Hi, IAN J. EINMAN , on 05-Mar-96 07:48:38 you scribbled....
-
- >>110V vs. 220V: This is irrelevant.
-
- >>Most American households have 220V plug(s). That's what your refrigerator
- >>and washer and dryer are probably plugged into.
-
- American households use 110/115 volts, unless something's changed very
- recently?
-
- >>The voltage is irrelevant, more is not better, but is more dangerous. The
-
- >Gee why are power lines at such high voltage (700,000v) then ?
-
- >because for the same power output it loses less as heat as the voltage goes
- >up..
-
- I don't recall it having so much to do with heat. Remember physics?
-
- P=I^2*R
-
- P= Power loss
- I= Amperage
- R= Resistance
-
- To minimise loss (through whatever causes), dropping amperage is a far cheaper
- solution to thickening up the cables.
-
- >We only don't have such high voltages in domestic use because of the
- >danger...
-
- I'd say 220v is safer than 110v as the amperage is lower, and it's the amps
- that do the most damage to us. Volts simply burn, amps stop your heart.
-
- >>As for our education, we have a good university system. We just don't know
- >>how to raise children in our high schools.
-
- >Britain has a good University system...just doenst know how to employ
- >graduates...hence the "brain drain" - graduates emigrating for better jobs.
-
- I'm not getting into this argument.. :)
-
- >Oh, to stay on topic - AMIGA RULES
- >(or it would if sold at a reasonable price/spec)
-
- And that spec was a lot higher.. ;)
-
- >Mike
-
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