I'm not entirely sure I follow your logic... Generally, Watts is equal to Volts times Amps. Watts is also called Power, or the amount of Work done.
If the Volts and Amps are in phase with each other then Watts is equal to Volts times Amps. If the Volts and Amps are out of phase with each other, the amount of actual work done is less than Volts times Amps and you use a correction factor called the Power Factor to show or calculate that. Generally, for DC circuits the Voltage and Current are always in phase with each other and the Power Factor is equal to "1". So you can just ignore it... Polarity switching, as we do it for CS making, is much too slow to cause any sort of phase shift requiring consideration of Power Factors. Bottom line, Power Factor - just forget about it... Watts or Total Power - may stand looking into... Dan >>> Ode Coyote <[email protected]> 4/17/2006 6:02:34 AM >>> I follow your logic too. More apt perhaps...especially when using automatic polarity switching, the term "power factor" comes to mind. Power factor? ...well... I've heard of it, seen it on charts and "grasp" [at] the concept up to where it turns the calculus corner. [ The meter tells me it's there but not its name ] Power factor is expressed in terms of watts? [ Like, watt the heck!!?? :-) -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
