... In the USA, at least, the BLACK is hot/line/phase (chose one...). The neutral/return is WHITE. Keeping these straight is safety critical. best dwp...
... Couldn't agree more on the last point & thanks for posting the entry level local US wire color standards. FWIW. Australian national standards for 3 phase...
And not trusting that these have been installed right is also safety critical. Test, test, test, then trust, but only as far as the switch you can lock off. ...
JB "No "great leap forward" seems to have turned up with new inventions since the 1950's " Come on. You don't think it is a "great leap forward" that memory...
... I did fail to mention the coming into existence & eventual recognition of Moore's Law from his initial 1965 paper http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law ...
">And there are about 4 major great leaps forward in technology permitting ... Just guessing here: Different Material's used in construction. Better cooling ...
... Give Markus a call @ MIT to clear things up :) Phone: (617) 253-4688 http://lees.mit.edu/lees/zahn_m.htm Nothing new about this part happening. "But...
RE The reporters garbled description of this device. "Thane Heins´ "Perepiteia" generator seems to turn magnetic friction into a magnetic boost, causing the...
Is this Jet Black or??? nifty site of Sparks and Arcs pictures, etc. Wil Herzog ... Subject: tesla - do not do this at home! Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:21:58...
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Hi Wil, This is from Tesla coiler and experimenter Peter Terren. Peter's main site can be found below - Great site! http://tesladownunder.com/index.html Bert...
Stumbled on a car mag with review of this. Some numbers from memory. $100,000 US (basically a Lotus Elise, with mech mods. Elise costs about the same.) Battery...
... Links to the Web site have been posted here before. Still the magazine article is of interest as it may reveal something the site doesn't, so what...
... Disrecall. I was in a dentists office. twasn't carndriver, nor roadntrack. something like 'the automobile', i think. No Clue which issue, recent tho. ...
I think the household is two phases of 110, so the dif is 220 between the two hot legs, right? And the dryer and stove are normally plugged in to a standard...
... Cool, thank you. ... Okay. ... Same. ... The salient point is that no households are 220v 70a, all have significantly more amperage available and some (I'm...
Car is legit enough, claims of charging time and driving distance don't add up. There's a very serious question as to battery life but only time will tell as...
... Have you seen the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car"? In it, the claim is made that if batteries with laptop battery specifications were used,...
... Have you seen the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car"? In it, the claim is made that if batteries with laptop battery specifications were used,...
[apologies if an earlier (hours ago) post from me escaped ill formed.] ... I would not use the word 'documentary' to describe that film. Others do & 'we' won't...
... I'm guessing EERI (Edison Electric Research Institute: 'umbrella' research organizationfor the Power Co's (THEIR chouice of name.... 8)>>) would have...
A few comments & observations...... The new breed of Hi Performance Electrics = Whispering Death. I'm sure most people here are familiar with the term & it's...
... I can see both sides of that. Pedestrians have certain responsibilities. Largely, when speed is being uses, pedestrians are absent. Or vehicle is being...
... I saw a similar low production "sports electric" made in Monte Carlo on a TV show the battery pack was mounted in the floorpan giving it a very low center...
Hi all, Has anyone done any actual gauss meter readings from around a Tesla coil, not interested in simulations or models, only actual physical readings. ...