Re: Watt Second Meter.... Sort Of (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 05:28:11 -0800
From: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Watt Second Meter.... Sort Of (fwd)

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> Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:44:58 -0500
> From: davep <davep@xxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Watt Second Meter.... Sort Of
>
> Used, removed from equipment.
> (I haven't got the equipment...)
> Marked 0-400 Watt Seconds.
> ACTUALLY 0-100 DC microAmps.
>
> Costs   $1 plus shipping.
>
> circuitry to get from W-S to microamps is up to
> you.  (I THINK it would be set up to read volts across
> a cap... Pick the resistor to make it read right...
> ??)

Is the scale nonlinear?  Joules/WattSec is proportional to the square of the
voltage.