Re: Expressing fractions

From: Jordan Abel (jmabel_at_purdue.edu)
Date: 01/06/05 

Date: 6 Jan 2005 04:43:32 GMT

On 2005-01-05, Paul J Kriha <paul.nospam.kriha@paradise.net.nz> wrote:
>> > The use of a higher voltage implies that less intensity is
>> > necessary for the same power (wattage). A high voltage is not
>> > necessarily more dangerous than a lower voltage, usually it is the
>> > opposite. What kills people is high intensity, not high voltage,
>> > and 220V needs half the intensity than 110V for the same wattage.
>> > When I was younger and had a small motorbike that needed frecuently
>> > spark-plug cleaning, I sometimes received a electric discharge from
>> > the spark-plug when testing it, and that was around 4000-5000
>> > volts; it hurt a bit, but did not kill me.
>>
>> Intensity?? That's a new one on me.
>
> Mistranslated "current"?
> (a lame attempt to keep this on a language related topic :-)

What does the 'I' in V=I*R [the equation we've been arguing about this
whole time] stand for?

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