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Article #4149Re: Watt Hour Meters
From: Bob Myers
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 18:51
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 18:51
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>I claimed ELI the ICE man was ambigious.
>In <5606@ae.sei.cmu.edu> rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito) replied:
>> You may know the phrase, but you certainly don't understand its
>> interpretation. The order of the letters is the key. Voltage (E) across
>> an inductor (L) leads (comes before) the current (I).
> But it is equally true that Current (I) through an inductor (L)
>lags (comes after) the Voltage (E). Is 3 > 2 or is 2 < 3?
Right. I "comes after" E in an L. E-L-I, ELI...get it? Nothing ambigous
about that! Or are we having problems with the phrases "leads", "lags", "comes
before" and "comes after"?
Bob Myers KC0EW HP Graphics Tech. Div.| Opinions expressed here are not
Ft. Collins, Colorado | those of my employer or any other
myers%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com | sentient life-form on this planet.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcso!hpfcdj!myers From: myers@hpfcdj.HP.COM (Bob Myers) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Watt Hour Meters Message-ID: <17660041@hpfcdj.HP.COM> Date: 15 Jan 90 18:51:03 GMT References: <MARK.90Jan5105134@retix.retix.retix.com> Organization: Hewlett Packard -- Fort Collins, CO Lines: 18