RE: Power consumption

From: Mike Benedict <benedict_m_at_palmer.edu>
Date: Fri Oct 13 2000 - 09:04:32 EDT

> He (of course) guessed they would dim. WRONG!
> They got quite a bit brighter. Why? Because
> they were on the other "phase" and the voltage
> dropped in the neutral when the saw was turned
> on got added to the other phase.

Roger,

Could you elaborate on this please? I understand what you're saying, we've
all seen the effect, but what I'm not following is how / why does the
voltage drop in the neutral when the load on the opposite phase increases?
Something isn't sinking in here.

Thanks,
Mike Benedict

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Received on Fri Oct 13 09:16:58 2000

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