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NeoGreen

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4. I guess I have always framed it it in opposite terms...

Fri May 1, 2015, 01:28 PM

May 2015

...when using the water analogy:

Volts = Volume (i.e. diameter of the pipe) You can have a huge volume/diameter flowing but it wont harm you when it hits you at very low pressures (i.e. amps).

Amps = Pressure (i.e. PSI in pipe) even a small volume (low volts) could harm you at very high pressures (i.e. Amps) as in those high pressure industrial devices that use water to cut stone.

Watts is just how much water you used (Volume (dia) * Pressure (psi) * Time)

Maybe I'm mixed up in how I framed the analogy.

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