[DMCForum] Re: Electricity?
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[DMCForum] Re: Electricity?



That's why when something electrical quit working I always use the
term I must've let the magic smoke out.

Once the smoke escapes, it is dead.


Joe



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Toby Peterson" <tmpintnl@xxxx>
wrote:
> Not to derail a fascinating topic like dark suckers instead of
light
> producers, but ...
>
> Have you heard of the "English Theory of Electricity"?  What this
> says is that electricity is actually composed of smoke.  This can
be
> easily proven - when you have a device that fails, a wisp of smoke
> comes out of it, and it no longer works.  The smoke has escaped,
> leaving the device powerless.  Wires are actually little pipes
that
> carry the smoke from here to there.  If you damage a pipe, I mean
> wire, the smoke escapes, and the device quits working.  All of
those
> little bits like resistors and capacitors actually manage the flow
of
> smoke.  Relays are actually remotely controlled valves that use a
> little smoke to move a valve in order to regulate a big stream of
> smoke.
>
> I smile and tip my hat to all of our English friends.
>
> Toby Peterson
>
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Walt has already admitted he's an alchemist. I think you may
have
> lost him by the second sentence.
> >




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