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Re: [motm] Power supply 110/220

2005-01-14 by Paul Schreiber

>
> So, if the input current at 110V is 800ma and the output current is
> 800ma, then it shouldn't get warm, right?  <ducking> (Flunked out of EE
> school)

First day in Thermo class: "Heat does NOT EQUAL temperature."

This is sort of a hard concept to grasp, like knowing the difference between 
intentionally killing someone and deliberately killing someone (legally, they 
are *quite* different).

In our case, the heat dissipated is the same.

Paul S.

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