Re: SSTC does 10 foot sparks

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Adam,

Don't be confused,  I don't think  the writer meant watts per second.  In
anycase, this has no relavent meaning to this discussion as watts per second
is a measure of rate that power is changing (dP/dt).

Gerry R

 > Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > This is the second time I've seen someone refer to
 > "Watts per second". What's that? A Watt is simply a
 > Joule per second. A Joule is energy. A Watt is power.
 > What would Watts/second be? Joules per second squared?
 >
 > To get energy, one multiplies time with power, or
 > Watts * time to get something like kilowatt hours.
 >
 > I'm confused.
 >
 > Adam
 >
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > Original poster: Sean Taylor <sstaylor-at-uiuc.edu>
 >
 > <snip>
 >
 >  > 3) Wattmeters don't give you Watts/sec,
 >  > just watts, that's it!
 >
 > </snip>
 >
 >  > Sean Taylor
 >  > Urbana, IL
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
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