OK, but is the 13 on the Voltmeter the amount that COULD flow or the amount
that IS flowing.
At 10:43 AM 8/1/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>> Could one of EE's out there explain to me the difference between a Voltmeter
>> and an Ampmeter. My Stag has a Voltmeter that registers around 13 most of
>> the time and I'd like to know more about what this means in layman terms.
>>
>
> Well, I'm no EE, but here's a shot:
>
> Take as a metaphore a large damn blocking a river. Imagine the
>water is the electricity. Voltage can be seen as the amount of force with
>which the water is pushing against the damn. If you've got a high damn,
>you're going to have a lot of voltage from the backed up water. When the
>damn is opened, and the water starts flowing, that flow of water is like the
>amperage. The more you open the damn, the more amperage you're going to
>get.
>
> So, in other words, the voltage tells you how much electricty the
>curcuit could possibly flow, and the amperage tells you how much it's
>actually flowing at the moment.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Jeremy DuBois
> Programmer/System Administrator
> Thermalogic Corporation
> '74 MGB, '76 Spit
>
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