billvon 2,991 #26 June 25, 2003 >you can stop the copy&paste of text books now . . . Dude, I write reams of that stuff every year for my job. It's getting so I can confuse _myself._ >so , a if a open circuit is like a blocked pipe , a short circuit is like >a pipe with a leak ? No, no, an open circuit is like a jacuzzi, and a short circuit is like one of those spinny garden sprinklers once the grass around it gets too high for it to spin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #27 June 25, 2003 QuoteThe current caused by coupling to another conductor via magnetic fields. You usually have to use some Sherlockian skills in figuring out things like this -- induction deduction. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #28 June 25, 2003 Quoteso , a if a open circuit is like a blocked pipe , a short circuit is like a pipe with a leak ? An open circuit is a broken pipe and therefore does not supply water to your faucet. A short circuit is your neighbor tapping off from your main. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #29 June 25, 2003 Just draw crazy doodles all over your exam paper. At the very bottom of the page, leave a neatly lettered explanation of how the circuit diagram above is an inverse-quark flux capacitor design from the 24th century. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,991 #30 June 25, 2003 >Just draw crazy doodles all over your exam paper. Better yet, scribble some unified field theory musings, then at the bottom write "I have a truly elegant proof of this which this margin is too small to contain." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #31 June 25, 2003 Quote>Just draw crazy doodles all over your exam paper. Better yet, scribble some unified field theory musings, then at the bottom write "I have a truly elegant proof of this which this margin is too small to contain." Okay, Bill von Fermat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #32 June 25, 2003 Quote>you can stop the copy&paste of text books now . . . Dude, I write reams of that stuff every year for my job. It's getting so I can confuse _myself._ >so , a if a open circuit is like a blocked pipe , a short circuit is like >a pipe with a leak ? No, no, an open circuit is like a jacuzzi, and a short circuit is like one of those spinny garden sprinklers once the grass around it gets too high for it to spin. And an intermittent short is when somebody steps on the garden hose. These water analogies to electricity confuse me."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
falxori 0 #33 June 25, 2003 Quote"I have a truly elegant proof of this which this margin is too small to contain." he he , i wonder how many got that one O "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
