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Article #2127Re: Car on water which instead of over 20 l/100km burns only around 5 liters per 100 kilometers
From: Phred
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:20
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:20
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In article <48624ccf$0$1026$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>, Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> wrote: >News wrote: >> "News" <killefitz@invalid.invalid> wrote in message >> news:g3t1vh$vat$1@registered.motzarella.org... [snip] >>> "The initial testing of the heater was done on 15 litres of water. The >>> heater increased the temperature of this water in 10 minutes to over >>> 60 degrees Celsius, consuming 11 Amperes of 220 Volt, 50 Hz AC >>> electricity (i.e. 2600 watts in total). The water created a deposit of >>> limestone. The home circuit breaker was set at 10 Amperes. The current >>> was measured by the multimeter professional PR3051 (20A AC). " [snip] >11 Amps at 220 volts is not 2600 watts, but 2420 watts. If he cannot get >this calculation right, how sure are we about his ability to read a >thermometer? G'day Sylvia, Not quibbling with your criticism of all this stuff, but I don't think watts = volts X amps is exactly true of AC. (But then, I don't know if 2600 is correct either. We didn't do AC theory at school 50 years ago. :-) Cheers, Phred. -- ppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID
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