Re: Measuring impedance of wall socket

On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:40:52 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:05:55 -0700, John Larkin
> <jjlarkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:46:43 -0700, "cyrille perron"
>><cyrille.perron@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi, I'm not sure this is the best forum to post this question in but I was
>>>wondering how one would go about measuring the impedance of a wall socket?
>>>(Strange question, I know) I have some general ideas but would like to
>>>confirm my thinking. Any websites or other resources explaining the
>>>general concept would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks in advance.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Poke your dvm probes into one side of an outlet, and plug a toaster or
>>similar big resistive load into the other. Measure how much the
>>voltage droops when you fire up the toaster.
>>
>>Impedance is pretty much droop_volts/load_amps.
>>
>>John
>
> My oldest son, when he was like 3 years old, did the impedance test
> using a bobby pin ;-)
>

He's a coward! I did it with my thumb! ;-P

Gum wrappers, however, do make a cool spark. ;-P

Cheers!
Rich


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