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Fri Mar 18 17:22:49 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> o then nm.
Fri Mar 18 17:22:25 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> what do the things actually draw, half a W or something ?
Fri Mar 18 17:22:03 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> actually speaking of dc motors, i wonder if you could get a hamster to wheel-power a pogo.
Fri Mar 18 17:20:21 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> not like it's cereal amirite ?
Fri Mar 18 17:20:12 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> but i had no idea that things could pop if you use parallel! or that you could possibly need a breaker! or things.
Fri Mar 18 17:19:42 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> aha.
Fri Mar 18 17:16:20 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: how many amps to put on a single breaker is typically not 'rocket surgery' and printed thereupon
Fri Mar 18 17:15:14 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> seems pretty dangerous this could happen and also should not be possibru!
Fri Mar 18 17:15:01 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> asciilifeform speaking of plugging into mains, you know that if you bought a bunch of power strips and powered your entire house out of the same socket it'd eventually a) start a fire ; b) pop the fuse ; c) all of the above ?
Fri Mar 18 17:14:00 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> regularly.
Fri Mar 18 17:12:46 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> anyway, methinks this horse is beaten through.
Fri Mar 18 17:12:33 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> i dunno.
Fri Mar 18 17:12:15 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: when you plug in one toaster into your mains, and then another, and then a third, how many times the current ?
Fri Mar 18 17:11:58 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> lol. I SEE WHAT WAS IMPORTANT!!1
Fri Mar 18 17:11:00 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> don't tell me it upregulates to 3a i might fall over.
Fri Mar 18 17:10:30 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> win. and if i add a third, what happens to the current ?
Fri Mar 18 17:10:19 UTC 2016 <asciilifeform> mircea_popescu: adds up to 1/2 ohm load res
Fri Mar 18 17:07:49 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> tell me this : if you have two 1 ohm items in parallel, at 1 volt ea, what current flows through the main ??
Fri Mar 18 17:07:17 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> lol.
Fri Mar 18 17:07:06 UTC 2016 <mircea_popescu> must you scream ?