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DaveE reacted to russ_watters's post in the thread High School Fan is pushing in the front and sucking from the back with
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Yeah, some people don't like the implication of negative pressure in the word; Absolute pressure can't be negative. But to engineers... -
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DaveE reacted to jrmichler's post in the thread Thermal mass flow sensor vs. thermal flux sensor with
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Thermal mass flow sensors measure mass flow, normally of a gas such as air. The output has units of mass per time, such as kg/sec... -
DaveE replied to the thread Announcement RIP Vanadium 50.I just recalled this snippet from him this morning, which I think is firmly within the PF zeitgeist... -
DaveE replied to the thread Undergrad Capacitor Voltages at t = 0: Zero or Split?.Because you added a series resistance R2. Yes, I know you know that, but others may need to have it explicitly stated. This is a... -
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In your sim you added R2. This is perfectly reasonable to do, but it is no longer the circuit that the argument is about. Once you add... -
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@Baluncore is right. If all of the components are ideal then the resulting system of equations has no solution. This is an “irresistible... -
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Welcome to PF. An impossible situation has been hypothesised. If V1 is an instant step function, then it must instantly charge the two... -
DaveE replied to the thread Why must residential electrical systems be connected to Earth (soil)?.It's what's written in your local building code book(s). Sometimes it's not simple or obvious, that's why the books are big. Sorry, I...
