Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: relay help req. (horsepower definitions)

----- Original Message -----
From: Al Lenz <alenz@...>


> Ballendo,
> Methinks that either you are messing with our minds or
> this is a test to see who's sleeping at the switch ;-)
> Your carefully worded query "What rules of math did I break?"
> is the tipoff. There is nothing wrong with your arithmetic
> but you did bend the rules of logic and the laws of physics.
> First, the torque was not measured, but calculated from the
> desired 1.5 HP result. The final calculation is just a way
> of verifying the first calc. and provides no new information.
> Second, your efficiency (the ratio of power output to power
> input) for the router is 1.5/1.233 or 121 percent. For the
> Leeson motor it's a much more believeable 1.5/2.536 or
> about 60 percent. My old physics book says that the
> efficiency of any machine is always less than 100 percent...
> I enjoy and read all of your posts, but you did "ask" and I
> couldn't keep from jumping in.<g>
> Keep it up!
> Al


(BIG HORGAMONGOUS GRIN!!!)
Doug