Re: AC Power Primer?

2001-05-05 Thread John Woodgate
<236f133b43f4d211a4b00090273c79dc060b6...@us-rv-exch-2.rsvl.unisys.com>, Richardson, William G wrote: >The important thing to note is that a good amount of the utility load is not >constant power. It is light bulbs, toasters, coffeemakers, hairdryers and >electric heaters and so on. So lowering

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2001-05-05 Thread John Woodgate
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Re: AC Power Primer?

2001-05-05 Thread John Woodgate
, Ravinder Ajmani wrote: >Can someone explain to me how reducing the voltage will lower the power >consumption, if the load is kept constant. What is it about the load that you propose is kept constant? If the load is a constant resistance R, Ohm's and Joule's Laws give you W = V^2/R, so reduci