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Thanks very much for that.. Very neat explanation.

This problem is actually for a program I'm writing and I've forgotten my basic maths.I have an initial value starting at period 0 . That value is 20. At the end of 12 periods (period 12) I have a value of 33. So I know the last value is 33 and the first value is 20 and I want to find the...

Actually Jim,, that's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks very much. I thought my thread was going to get way off track there for a minute. I'm looking that up right this minute and will purchase one soon. Thanks again.

I agree, so this is exactly what I'm trying not to do. I'm trying to determine how to work out the output of a generator. Is it a factor which is uncontrollable and needs to be regulated once it leaves the coils? I know how to build a generator sophiecentaur but the specifics around working...

I know this is a bit of a newbie question but I want to learn something about generators. I want to build a simple hand cranked generator. Just a hobby. Making coils, and using magnets is the easy part but I don't understand the specifics around this. Can anyone tell me how to determine...