Hello Terry, Sunday, December 30, 2001, 8:32:46 PM, you wrote:
TC> Wayne Fugitt said: TC> "Do you think something similar to a "wattage factor" TC> applies?" TC> Terry responds: TC> Years ago, when I was taking my Electronic Servicing TC> Technology classes (long name for 'TV repair'), I TC> received a bit, a tad, a smattering of electronics TC> theory. My understanding was that wattage simply TC> referred to energy being given off in the form of TC> heat, caused by the friction of electrons flowing TC> against resistance (ohms). (I may not have this TC> right.) TC> You can have a dial for adjusting voltage or current TC> (amperage), but I've never heard of a wattage dial. In TC> making CS, you only need to regulate voltage and TC> current, not wattage. Wattage is a by-product of the TC> interaction of voltage, current and resistance, as TC> smoke or heat is of the activity of fire. Am I right, TC> technical types? Wattage is usually used when the term volt-amps is more correct. And, while most people assume they are the same, they are not. They are only the same if the current and voltage are in phase. If the current leads, or lags, the voltage, the wattage changes, but the volt-amps do not. This is where electric ultitlities can actually get ripped off, as they make electricity in volt-amps, and sell it in watts. For companies that use a lot of power, the local utility will usually insist that transformers and motors are of the "high power factor" type. This keeps the current and voltage more in phase, and allows the utility to charge properly for the energy consumed. Wattage should never be used as a reference in making colloidal silver, as it can change wildly. As an example, one of my HVAC units can dump 900 watts into a batch. But, there is no corrolation between the wattage of that and, say, a simple LVDC setup that produces the same PPM in the same amount of time. The wattage on the LVDC unit will be a fraction of the HVAC unit. -- Best regards, Solar -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
