Re: Amps drawn

[steveb@falcon.kla.com (Steven Buchholz)]

Robert H. writes:

> Current is directly proportional to voltage (if voltage goes up 10%, then
> the current flow will go up 10%), and the power dissipated goes up as the
> square of the voltage (or the current) change accordingly.

... only one minor quibble ... You are assuming that the resistance is con-
stant.  Most lamps have a characteristic where the resistance goes up with 
temperature, so you may not notice that purely resistive current increase 
with voltage ...

The rest of your post is dead-on ... the only addition that I would make
from recent experience is to make sure that you clean up the grounds at 
the same time you run that nice plus-twelve lead ...

Steve Buchholz
s_buchho@kla.com
San Jose, CA (USA)