On Sun, 13 Jun 1999 18:28:08 GMT, you wrote:
>Cool! That would be fun to see! (From a distance of course..)
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>I was under the impression the HVT was using something like 5ma!! Making the
>whole thing about a 100w supply, which seemed real high, but I just had no idea
>how much current it takes to get an electron to travel through a vacuum. (Had I
The electron traveling through the vacuum _is_ the current. The
_voltage_ is what provides the force to make it go.
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vitiated his premise but made him happy.
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