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Old 07-19-2006, 09:27 AM   #31
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It's not the voltage, it's the amps baby.:p
Yes, but too much demand for amps pulls the volts down.
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Old 07-19-2006, 09:28 AM   #32
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Fascinating, Bruce. I had no idea the global warming concern dated that far back.
Yes, it's even older than the "new ice age" scare. :-)
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Old 07-19-2006, 03:49 PM   #33
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Yes, but too much demand for amps pulls the volts down.
I was making a joke, and I assume you are too. Only I don't get yours. It's a heat induced sleep deprivation thing.

Admittedly, my joke wasn't really all that funny.
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Old 07-19-2006, 04:05 PM   #34
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I was making a joke, and I assume you are too. Only I don't get yours. It's a heat induced sleep deprivation thing.

Admittedly, my joke wasn't really all that funny.
OK...didn't get your joke to the level of realizing it was a joke. Xob was pointing out that the voltage supplied to his house was just barely making it above 110vac, as an indication of how PECO is browning folks out because the demand for power (measured in watts...or amps at constant voltage, which this as it turns out is not) is so high. So you don't get my joke because I wasn't making one.
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Old 07-19-2006, 05:13 PM   #35
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Old 07-19-2006, 07:43 PM   #36
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OK...didn't get your joke to the level of realizing it was a joke. Xob was pointing out that the voltage supplied to his house was just barely making it above 110vac, as an indication of how PECO is browning folks out because the demand for power (measured in watts...or amps at constant voltage, which this as it turns out is not) is so high. So you don't get my joke because I wasn't making one.
So, then, we're even, right?
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Old 07-21-2006, 11:26 PM   #37
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It's not the voltage, it's the amps baby.:p
Not the draw of the A/C........I don't think.

Naw, RMS Volts.
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Old 07-21-2006, 11:29 PM   #38
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Yes, but too much demand for amps pulls the volts down.
Actually the demand for watts pulls the voltage down and pushes the amperage up.
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Old 07-21-2006, 11:47 PM   #39
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..she's getting out of the car and her phone rings, she turns and says "Oh! You've gotta be fist-fucking me!" and answers her phone...
OMG, I cant find my *spraying tea everywhere smiley*...I've never heard that one before and I can sooo see it popping out when I least want it to.
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Old 07-24-2006, 02:07 PM   #40
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It was good stuff. Caught me off guard too...only I didn't have tea in my mouth. I've adopted the saying myself...just for shock value I think.
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Old 07-29-2006, 02:04 PM   #41
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We just had a couple of days in the low nineties and loved it! I had been as high as 107 last week. Miserable. Glad I have an inside job too!
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Old 07-29-2006, 02:18 PM   #42
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Fresno plummeted to 98 yesterday, down from 113 a day before. I think I may live through this yet

P.S. T'Pau, Queen of the Universe, wants to know what's so funny about a melted pussy? It was a serious problem for window-sitters here last week
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Old 07-29-2006, 03:55 PM   #43
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Not the draw of the A/C........I don't think.

Naw, RMS Volts.
The level of nerdi-ness that one must get to before they say "Naw, RMS Volts" is something I don't want to know. Ditto most of xob's other posts.

But, ya know I luv's ya, right, brucie!
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Old 07-29-2006, 09:24 PM   #44
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Not very nerdy... one step beyond, the electric bill comes once a month.
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