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- From: aduncan@rhea.trl.OZ.AU (Allan Duncan)
- Subject: Re: Cell Power Measurement 101
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.044459.6955@trl.oz.au>
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- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <921216140317.20203489@FNALD.FNAL.GOV>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 04:44:59 GMT
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- I have been watching this discussion on cell power measurement with
- detached amusement, but finally feel moved to put in my oar:
-
-
- From article <921216140317.20203489@FNALD.FNAL.GOV>, by ames!FNALD.FNAL.GOV!DROEGE:
- > I keep looking a photographs of supposed "cold fusion" cells and all I see
- > is two clip leads.
- >
- > Folks, you have to have four leads to make a decent measurement. (McKuber
- > seems to do this right but have not seen any one else.) Two leads carry
- > the current, two connected to the cell on the other side of the clip leads
- > measure the potential across the cell. These leads carry very small current.
- >
- > There is lots more to worry about, but the above will likely get you a 1%
- > measurement. For more accuracy you have to take Cell Power Measurement 201,
- > 301, 401, ... . Sorry that is McKubre.
-
- I hope that the distant pair of leads pass off through an ammeter (or
- better still, a precision resistor and precision voltmeter) and that
- people are not _inferring_ what the value of the resistance is while it
- is not attached to an (inevitably non-precision) ohmmeter. And while we
- are considering potential sources of error, you _did_ use a CRO to check
- that is _is_ DC that you are measuring, didn't you?
-
- Power = Volts x Amps, folks. And if it is varying quickly, keep that phase
- info, you'll need it when you get precise enough.
- Allan Duncan ACSnet a.duncan@trl.oz
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