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echo: aust_avtech
to: Rod Gasson
from: Paul Edwards
date: 1997-03-23 10:38:46
subject: car

PE>> No-one has been able to MEASURE *any* resistance whatsoever.  Which
RG>  ^^^^^^
RG> Who is "no-one" ?  How many people do you know that has tried? What

Well, I learnt at uni that some other uni (I think) in Britain (I think),
had one on display, they charged it up, and every now and again they test
the current, and it's always the same.

RG> were they using, a $10 multimeter from Tandys?

I don't know.  Let's put it this way, if anyone in the world had been able
to measure resistance, they'd have announced it, and put that
"myth" of absolute zero to rest.

PE>> means the true resistance is somewhere between 0 and the limits of
PE>> current resistance-measuring technology, inclusive.

RG> Zero resistance = super conductor.
RG> Since superconductors are never found outside a laboratory it is safe
RG> to assume that your battery cable has somewhat greater than zero
RG> resistance.

I didn't say the above in relation to my car!!!  And I don't know that that
is actually true about the laboratories, they're probably using it on some
of those space machines, where the temperature is below liquid-nitrogen
temperatures.  BFN.  Paul.
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