โJun-28-2015 01:19 PM
โJul-03-2015 11:32 PM
SCVJeff wrote:
SO..... If I buy one from the guy out in Quartzsite and stick it in my pocket, other than erasing my entire wallet, will it ..?..?..?..?..?..?......... Also?
โJul-03-2015 06:54 PM
โJul-03-2015 06:26 PM
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
ELECTROMAGNETIC S IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE FIELD
hahajajajijihoho
But I did about 95% of the work needed for my doctorate. Dissertation half done. Holographic projection of an electromagnetic field. I handed all my work over to Lawrence Livermore.Gran Mal temper tantrum...
โJul-02-2015 07:55 PM
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:OH ?
ELECTROMAGNETIC S IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE FIELD
hahajajajijihoho
But I did about 95% of the work needed for my doctorate. Dissertation half done. Holographic projection of an electromagnetic field. I handed all my work over to Lawrence Livermore.Gran Mal temper tantrum...
โJul-02-2015 07:53 PM
Vulcan Rider wrote:its purely capicatance coupling.ChopperBill wrote:
BUT, they flicker when I touch the bulb and quit when I pull my finger away.
NEWS FLASH: Almost every person walks around with some kind of electrostatic charge on their body. Sometimes it's more and sometimes less depending on conditions.
IF you could grab a good ground with one hand, chances are that the other hand then would NOT make the bulb glow.
โJul-02-2015 07:51 PM
ChopperBill wrote:wanna see something funny.. Hit it with a flashlight and the rest of the tube will likely dimly illuminate.
Bulbs quit flickering even when I manually turned them on and off. BUT, they flicker when I touch the bulb and quit when I pull my finger away. I must be magic or someone special OR got a problem with what ever you guys have been arguing about. LOL
โJul-02-2015 06:34 PM
Vulcan Rider wrote:ChopperBill wrote:
BUT, they flicker when I touch the bulb and quit when I pull my finger away.
NEWS FLASH: Almost every person walks around with some kind of electrostatic charge on their body. Sometimes it's more and sometimes less depending on conditions.
IF you could grab a good ground with one hand, chances are that the other hand then would NOT make the bulb glow.
โJul-02-2015 04:25 PM
ChopperBill wrote:
BUT, they flicker when I touch the bulb and quit when I pull my finger away.
โJul-02-2015 02:58 PM
โJul-02-2015 02:01 PM
โJul-02-2015 10:36 AM
wa8yxm wrote:
Built in generators and inverters are almost always bonded. Most small portable generators are unbonded.
โJul-02-2015 10:29 AM
road-runner wrote:
The white wire is bonded to ground via the outlet that the shore cord plugs into.
It does not sense current in the ground wire for this feature, either.
โJul-02-2015 09:17 AM
โJul-02-2015 07:20 AM
Gdetrailer wrote:NinerBikes wrote:
A CFL has an anode, and a cathode and usually a starter choke ballast.
How they work
Porcelain lamp fixture for a lightbulb, be it CFL or argon gas and tungsten white hot heated element.
There is no green wire "ground" for the fixture, hence no ground for the light bulb.
End of debate. Also agreed, a Honda generator, or any other generator has no "Ground" or "earth" Connection, unless you want to pound a Ufer ground rod into the ground and tie it in to the ground wire, although it is perfectly unnecessary.
It is necessary when you are tied into the electrical grid, as the source of electricity, usually a huge generator, is then tied into ground also to provide a short circuit path.
That link has very outdated information concerning not only CFLs but most all MODERN DAY fluorescents.
Early CFLs did indeed use a iron core "ballast", I had a few of those..
Modern day CFLs actually use an ELECTRONIC "Ballast" which is a fancy term for switching power supply!
Simply put, modern day CFLS have a built in switching powersupply which is very simular to say your PC power supply but instead of 3, 5, 12V DC they have several HUNDRED VOLTS..
Modern day CFLs actually can be run on DC provided you have 50-70V DC!
Modern day fluorescent fixtures no longer use the old iron ballasts either, instead once again they now use switching power power supplies which deliver several hundred volts..
If you don't believe me, go to home depot and take a good look at replacement ballasts.. You will find only electronic versions due to efficiency regulations..