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Old March 20th 09, 05:53 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Nice cheat sheet for the electrically challenged

Yes, in the upper left hand corner it should be Watts X Ohms (not
additive). Turn your head sideways. ;-)

E=IR is what they taught me in Electrical Engineering school (and
everyone else in the electrical field I believe), so, yeah, it is "out
there". For me I simply cannot say "Voltage equals amps times ohms".
V=AO sounds like a fraterity. Your mileage may vary and we both get
the same values and don't melt wires and stuff.

WARNING - Boring science content below...

E = "electromotive force" (EMF)
I = the German Intensität meaning "intensity".

Go figure. Blame it all on Herr Ohm. At least the R still is the
letter that starts resistance (which came from the German resistanz it
seems).

John "Eee equals Eye Are" DeRosa
 




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