[sdiy] Alternating dead current voltage??

[Scott Gravenhorst]

>AC = Alternating Current
>DC = Direct (not "dead") Current
>
>I think that makes it a little clearer. Theoretically, I think it IS
>possible to have voltage without current flow (voltage is just a measure of
>potential difference), but it's not something that happens too often in the
>real world.


  mmm, think charged capacitors.  Like a color TV CRT with 20,000 volts on it.  Holds a
charge a dang long time too.  Yep, I'd say there's voltage without current.

-- Scott - music.maker at gte.net who is having problems receiving mail from SDIY with his GTE
email account - and pissing and moaning at GTE about it...



>
>
>Tim (got that pesky memory fade problem too) Servo
>
>"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
>
>
>***************************************************
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: karl dalen [mailto:dalenkarl at yahoo.se]
>> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 4:27 PM
>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: [sdiy] Alternating dead current voltage??
>> 
>> Hi!
>> I have been engineering for many years, you cant belive that
>> when you see this question, but im starting to get old
>> and memory is fading if that is an possible excuse! :-)
>> 
>> As a part of the ongoing series of odd questions and
>> as a follow up of the previous question:
>> 
>> "If it is possible to have a current and no current and vice versa"
>> 
>> I now got stuck on AC-DC :
>> 
>> We usually say AC voltage and DC voltage in terms of defining if a voltage
>> are dead or alternating, however the term" AC voltage" ACV would in fact
>> be outspoken as; "Alternating Current Voltage" wich sounds odd!.
>> And the same goes for Dead Current Voltage.
>> 
>> What rules?
>> 
>> Reg
>> KD
>> 
>> ---
>> Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
>> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
>> Version: 6.0.808 / Virus Database: 550 - Release Date: 12/8/2004
>> 
>
>---
>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
>Version: 6.0.808 / Virus Database: 550 - Release Date: 12/8/2004
> 
>
>
>
>
>

---------------------------------------------------------
- Where merit is not rewarded, excellence fades.
- Hydrogen is pointless without solar.
- What good are laws that only lawyers understand?
- The media's credibility should always be questioned.
- The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.
- Governments do nothing well, save collect taxes.

-- Scott Gravenhorst | LegoManiac / Lego Trains / RIS 1.5
-- Linux Rex         | RedWebMail by RedStarWare
-- FatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/fatman/
-- NonFatMan: home1.gte.net/res0658s/electronics/
-- Autodidactic Master of Arcane and Hidden Knowledge.