----- Original Message ----
> From: Terry Blanton <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Wed, March 17, 2010 7:40:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vo]:add on: OU demonstrated ( with no secrets)
>
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Harry Veeder <
> ymailto="mailto:[email protected]";
> href="mailto:[email protected]";>[email protected]> wrote:
>
> OK. I am just trying to understand what circumstances a voltage
>
> measurement by itself would be sufficient to prove OU.
Never.
> Energy is measured by power expended over time. Electrical
power is
> voltage times current. Voltage transformations occur under
various
> conditions and can never indicate OU performance without
current or power and
> time measurements.
If the input is provided by depleting a battery or a capacitor with a known
energy density and the output results in a fully charged battery or capacitor
with a greater energy density, then a voltage measurement should suffice.
Harry
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