I did not pick the directions. I used the conventions jghrist picked. But I have no problem with them either. Consistency is the key and I did not want to complicate the thread by picking a different set of direction arrows.
Math is a universal language. To communicate broadly, you must be willing to use the complete language. You choose to live in a small universe.
Two single phase loads, but they are different phases.
I thought he was joking. Profile claims EE.
jghrist said:
But you are continuing to use a negated current angle when jghrist said to ignore post #8.
Communicating broadly is not the same as communicating as one understands the concept he is trying to communicate. Have you ever watched the show NUMB3RS? Also, using a simple language analogy, I'm sure neither of us are wordsmiths, so I have to ask you if a wordsmith comprised a descriptive sentence which exhibited utmost precision yet used words not in your vocabulary, would he be communicating broadly?
You missed the point.
No. I don't put too much stock in Hollywood's perception of reality.
If there is something that is not understood or you have to phrase it differently so someone can understand, that would be revealed in further discussion. If there is part of my post you do not understand, please elaborate and I will attempt to clarify it.
My disposition generally does not include spouting off in posts with boasts of superior knowledge and elite circles. While I am smarter than the average bear, I try to embrace other's ideas and try to see things from their perspective. I readily admit I don't know everything (I would say I know very little) and often make mistakes. But I usually know what I'm talking about and am pleased to find out when I don't because it means I've learned something.
I did not word that correctly. I was trying to say that you will often see a result with an angle between 270 and 360 degrees represented as a negative angle between 90 and 0 degrees in the 4th quadrant.
Perhaps I'm better off
Maybe they will start a new forum. :grin:This is slowly turning into the Mike Holt's philosophy of life forums!
Depends on which elitist circle you are writing for - possibly neither one. In my crayon circle of show me on the whiteboard, sketching, non-elite, field engineers:grin:, it's:
I had forgotten about that one. That works good too.
Not willy-nilly, it's Techno-Willie. I don't recall ever doing a symetrical components short circuit analysis on a single phase power system. So, I'm pretty unconcerned abut the direction or phase angle notation of single phase system voltage vectors. But the notation and derection I listed works well when the techs ask and I draw the system on the board showing the vectors nose to tail.
That's true, but I have done some of my best work on white boards - with a handfull of colors.
But I bet you don't have a circular slide rule
