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From: dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: polarity
Summary: I was mistaken!
Message-ID: <1991May02.201111.2821516@locus.com>
Date: 2 May 91 20:11:11 GMT
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In article <2237@gold.gvg.tek.com> grege@gold.gvg.tek.com (Greg Ebert) writes:
>I (Greg Ebert) wrote:
>
>Almost. 120V RMS sinusoids are actually 340 v p-p, or 170 v peak.
>
>dana@locus.com (Dana H. Myers) writes:
>
>>  I know I'm the one who claimed that power is dissipated in capacitors a
>>while back (ugh!), but I do not believe 120VRMS is 340V p-p. It is 170V p-p.
>>

  And then later I wrote that I was mistaken. Sorry. Sinusoidal
120VRMS is 170V PEAK, and 340V PEAK TO PEAK. I knew that and I
still said the wrong thing.

Side comments:

  I should comment I have received several messages from people
intent on correcting me. Some of them were informative and only slightly
snide. One of them was completely uninformative and thoroughly
inflammatory (Hi Steve!). This is 'sci.electronics'; the 'sci.'
means something like 'science'. Flaming isn't very scientific.

   If everyone acted they way they do on e-mail in real life, we'd all
be assholes. In general, I believe that if I had made that comment in
a personal conversation, most folks would politely disagree, etc. In
the fantasy world of e-mail, however, I was accused of getting my
amateur radio license in a ceral box and referred to as Mr. Science.
I think this isn't very scientific. I am certain we have all made errors
at some time or another, and reacting in such an arrogant manner as I
have seen is very hypocritical. 


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