Re: alfa-digest V9 #398

[George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

If he did, indeed mean mechanical resistance, he is of course, quite  
correct. Put a load on a motor and the current draw will increase due  
to the inductive nature of a motor's coil winding. If you put too much  
load on a motor, it can draw so much current that it will pop a fuse.

George Graves
'86 GTV-6
now with 3.0 liter 'S' engine
and Power Steering



On Wednesday, April 9, 2003, at 06:36 AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 13:06:28 -0500
> From: David Partridge <David_Partridge@domain.elided>
> Subject: Re: Ohm's Law
>
> Ed,
> In defense of Mr. Shorey, I beleive he was referring to "Mechanical
> Resistance"
> which will indeed lead to higher current draw.
> (needs more "P" which is of course IxV)
> Consider yourselves enlightened.
> :-)
> *********************************************************************** 
> *****
>
> > Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 19:41:52 -0400
> > From: "Ed & Marsha Prytherch" mred2u@domain.elided
> > Subject: Ohm's Law
> > Brian Shorey wrote "Additional resistance can result in a higher  
> > current
> > draw through the circuit."
> > Brian: Please enlighten us. Mr Ohm said that I = E/R. Has something  
> > changed
> > in the 30 years since I studied electrical engineering?
> > In my humble opinion, the blown fuse could be due to a short in the  
> > wiring
> > or the motor windings, or incorrect connection of wires to the switch  
> > or
> the
> > motor. There is a good description of wiper operation at
> > http://web.raex.com/~volks/schem/wiper.gif
> > Ed Prytherch, Columbia, SC
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