On Saturday 11 May 2013 21:44:20 charles green did opine: > watt is an energy rate. energy is watt*second. > > a 120 V 500 W lamp should have a resistance of about 29 ohm at operating > temperature but will have a much lower resistance when cold (10-20% of > on resistance maybe?) > > other things walmart has that could potentially dissipate energy: > grapite pencil leads, coffee makers or hot plates or crock pots, a > countertop cooking burner (~20 ohm when cold), auto battery tester > maybe, something else that has a brushed motor in it like a drill with > a paint mixing attachment in a bucket of heavy oil, carbon rods from > alkaline batteries, a stainless steel container full of really salty > water with a stainless steel utensil suspended in it, a hair dryer, a > discharged lead-acid battery, a space heater, a 12 volt air compressor > attached to a small tire.
Hummm, how about a replacement element for a hot water heater? Or is that too low ohms and likely to damage the field magnets? ISTR I saw a pegboard of them at Wallies, or Lowes, not that long ago. :) Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> The difference between a lawyer and a rooster is that the rooster gets up in the morning and clucks defiance. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than 200 million guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. This 200-page book is written by three acclaimed leaders in the field. The early access version is available now. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
