A look at a seemingly power hungry guide light where the manufacturer was openly honest about the power rating being 8VA.
Also a look at some rather nice German sweets/candy.
I managed to say the Scots have similar tastes to the Americans (which is true) but actually meant we have similar candy preferences to the Germans.
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Also a look at some rather nice German sweets/candy.
I managed to say the Scots have similar tastes to the Americans (which is true) but actually meant we have similar candy preferences to the Germans.
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Reactive power does no work. So your paying for power that you returned to them….
Dude, not sure, but I’m wondering if you weren’t pranked by a German engineer, that wanted to get something they made, reviewed by big Clive?
Over my many years, online, different places around the world, have different senses of humor… next thing you know, your shop smells like farts for a week…🥸
So as I understand it, even if you have a smart meter you do not necessarily get billed for the apparent power. It may even be an option they can turn on or off based on local utilities regulations. I can't find any way to tell whether I am being billed for real power or apparent power. I don't see any local news coverage that would indicate outrage that happened from a switchover. But how would we even know? Our home was built new in 2006, and had the newest smart meter at the time. And already they have decided that we needed it upgraded to a newer smart meter. Of course they make the customer pay for those upgraded meters. The last one was working just fine when they hauled it away. Would the use of apparent vs. real power show up in the billing units? Would apparent show up as some multiple of Volt-Amps, whereas real power comes in units of some multiple of Watt-Hours?
The separate stabilized supply for the current regulator might have an (E-series) 5.6V zener. It makes sense to make the current independent from potential fluctuations on the 20V rail.
BTW, the chocolate was the equivalent for the pilot of what was the secret fluid tank for the DB601 of his Me109.
What human brain energy was wasted by wars (and still is)!
Toffifee is here in Canada.
What will get charged kit you got 60watts lightbulbs all over your home
sweeties -love those alpen's confection product 🙂
"It's really well engineered"
Yup, that's German engineering for you. They basically always overengineer anything like that not just because it typically lasts longer, but also because it's tradition lol
What makes you believe the power companies would switch consumers to charge for apparent power?
I'd translate "Kugel" into "Sphere" (much less awkward).
My wife's got me on a no candy, no sugar, no salt diet and this this guy's eating one of my favorite food groups: CHOCOLATE!!!!! There is only two ways it could be worse. If he had bacon and even worse, chocolate covered bacon!!!!
It would be nice to see you use one of the "energy saver device" capacitors in line with a device with terrible power factor like this to see it actually change the power factor.