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So, the VP160 will be an underwater speaker, then?

Cool!

I hope it's a sealed design then.

No no no...

If it's ported, it will make bubbles!

Well that's reasuring. So what do we nerds do for fun besides study electric theory anyway? Run around in packs beating up jocks?

Oh, and I bet we know how to grow the REALLY good weed as well don't we! Man I think I'm really gonna like this whole 'nerd' life after all!

That would be cool for fishtanks, maybe playback whale song or other fishy melodies.

micah, you think think about it, like when you go to a fast food place.. you hope they give you the big straw, so you can drink your liter of soda with ease... but those places that give you the thin puny straw, you REALLY have to work for that liter of cola.....


So you want a larger straw...if the straw was wire...

This is why my L/R/C all have 10 gauge wire.. is it over kill yup... but its like drinking cola though a fire hose.. NO problem....

and yes, the equations range from simple algebra, to calculus level and then some....

Oops. I put this in the wrong place.

No. I didn't. I'm putting it back.

One quick question, off topic, but concerning electricity. My sister's window air conditioner is a 110-120 volt 3 prong plug that I've recently installed a 3 wire receptacle with ground. Before it was just a 2 wire receptacle.

Both before and after I did this, the plug itself gets hot to the touch. What could be causing this? Is it's because it's an old air conditioner? She rents a small apartment and the land owner supplies the air conditioner.

Edited: I said Plug where I meant Receptacle.

If the cord has been pulled on the plug, there may be some broken strands, and thus less wire making the connection, and higher resistance. It is possible to cut the plug off a cord and wire in a new one.

It could also just be that the air conditioning has that high of a current draw that the plug is going to heat up no matter what. My (1500 Watt) blender has a really thick cord, and a well designed plug, but if I run it for 5 minutes the plug gets kinda warm.

The A/C compressor draws alot of power and this creates heat in the plug, especially if it has a long on cycle. Electricity moving through a wire creates heat, throw in a little bit of extra resistance/arcing due to a marginal connection and you get even more heat. If you replaced the wire plug in an attempt to cool off the wiring, try changing out the receptacle, it could be worn and the plug-in isn't making a good connection on the spades, but chances are everything is Ok and the heat is normal.

Receptacle is what I replaced. When I said plug, I meant receptacle. Sorry.