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- From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: Amperage meaning?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.205031.20397@athena.cs.uga.edu>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 20:50:31 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.192312.22175@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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- Voltage is the pressure that drives a current (amperage) through a load.
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- The way a power supply works is this:
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- the rated _voltage_ is the actual value you'll get;
- the rated _amperage_ is the maximum permissible.
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- The load determines how many amps will actually flow.
- So the relevant question here is whether your load consumes more
- than 2.5 amps. If not, you'll have no problem.
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