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- From: marshall@tfh.enet.dec.com (Hunting the Snark)
- Subject: Re: Exam mode in version J (var lock?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.070428.12222@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- References: <1993Jan19.164320.14325@doug.cae.wisc.edu> <VgBPXB15w165w@kf8nh.wariat.org> <1993Jan23.192650.21609@netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:48:34 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan23.192650.21609@netcom.com>, payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne) writes...
- >In article <VgBPXB15w165w@kf8nh.wariat.org> kf8nh@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
- >>kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (Joel Kolstad) writes:
- >>> In article <1993Jan19.193729.6825@netcom.com> payner@netcom.com (Rich Payne)
- >>> >In article <1993Jan16.125606.1940@doug.cae.wisc.edu> kolstad@cae.wisc.edu (J
- >>> >>Actually, current fries you, regardless of whether it's lightning or RF.
- >>> >Current is always the -dependant- variable, it is a result, not a cause.
- >>>
- >>> Current isn't a cause of frying you? Current is a _result_ of frying you?
- >>> I think not. :-) Just kidding... I know you mean that current is the
- >>> result of lightning.
- >>
- >>Actually, he and I both blew it. Voltage is the result of current across a
- >>resistance, not vice versa.
- >
- >I have a battery. I measure the voltage with a balanced bridge, so essentially
- >no current flows. How is this possible since voltage is a result? In fact,
- >how are batteries possible?
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-
- This is ridiculous. Have either of you taken an electronics course? Ever hear
- of current sources, voltage sources, and Thevenin equivalents? whether voltage
- or current is the depedant variable depends on what kind of source you have.
- Also, most good lab supplies can act as either a voltage source or a current
- source depending on which you limit first and what the load is. Arc welders are
- a good example of a current source.
-
-
- >>superconductivity would have no use because you get a very, very low voltage
- >>for even a high current.
- >
- >Said current will never flow without some applied voltage.
-
- wrong. current can be produced by a magnetic field.
-
-
- >I was once working on a radio tower in the desert. I guess that I was
- >sweating more that I was aware. I was shocked by a 60V source, which
- >I had handled without danger for several years. The point is that the
- >-other- variable, skin resistance, had changed. Current is a result of
- >applied volatge across a resistance. Skin resistance is quite variable.
-
- Only when dealing with a voltage source. Do the same trick with a current
- source (such as an arc welder) and the voltage across your body will be a
- function of your skin resistance.
-
-
- Steve Marshall
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