How much heat is generated

[mivey]

I think what first started me down that route is there were no commercial programmes for some of the calculations I had to do

That is usually how it starts. Another is when the commercial packages won't make the calculations in the way you want them.

 

[Besoeker]

That is usually how it starts. Another is when the commercial packages won't make the calculations in the way you want them.

Possibly so.
A point I didn't mention and perhaps should have is, that in order to formulate the required equations, you need to know and understand the fundamentals.
Construction of my models required that

 

[mivey]

in order to formulate the required equations, you need to know and understand the fundamentals.

You think?

But it is true that many try to get by with plugging away in a software package without understanding what the software is doing. I see it more and more.

 

[Besoeker]

You think?

It happens.......now and again.

 

[mivey]

It happens.......now and again.

Pseudo-Descartes: So you are.....now and again.

 

[Besoeker]

Pseudo-Descartes: So you are.....now and again.

Descartes - wasn't he that famous French Electrician?

 

[barclayd]

We all wait with bated breath for the magic number that converts Amps into Degrees.
"I drink, therefore, I amp."
db

 

[Besoeker]

We all wait with bated breath for the magic number that converts Amps into Degrees.

Abbreviate it to Degs and apply the following transformations:
A to D
m to e
p to g
s to s.

Job done!

"I drink, therefore, I amp."
db

But you will, I hope, conduct yourself in a manner consistent with current practice and not be induced to exceed your capacity.