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Old 10-02-2009, 03:29 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by basslover911 View Post
^ and how do you think those work?!

By a resistor ... Thus wasting the same amount of energy ... See what I was talking about now?
Again, for a simple DC circuit: V = I x R and P = V x I

Or, to put it another way P = Vē/R.
So, with constant voltage, as resistance increases, power decreases. Adding a resistor reduces the power used.

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