Mike Monett wrote: > > Re: CS>Re: ozone machines > > From: CKing001 (view other messages by this author) > > Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 21:12:41 > > > amperage (am'p?r-ij, am'pîr'-) > > > n. > > > The strength of an electric current expressed in amperes. > > > The American Heritage Dictionary > > Chuck, > > The American Heritage Dictionary is useful for many things, but it > is not an engineering text. > > Anyone who studied engineering would use the terms "Amp", "Amps", > "Amperes", etc.
I don't agree with that at all. I am a degreed electrical engineer who worked in electronics for over 30 years. Amperage is a perfectly good term when expressing the amount of current in amps. For instance, one would say "what is the amperage of that fuse", not "what is the amp of that fuse". That is much easier to say than "What is the current rating in amps of that fuse". If all we could use are terms that are defined in engineering texts, we would not be able to converse with anyone. Marshall -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
