On 06/04/17 20:22, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 19:14:16 +0100
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>
>> On 06/04/17 15:57, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
>>> On Thu, 6 Apr 2017 12:36:25 -0000 (UTC), Martin Gregorie
>>>  declaimed the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Fair comment, but I still remember those hot (above blood heat) cables
>>>> on vacuum cleaners and all the warnings about not leaving power cables
>>>> coiled up.
>>>
>>>  Ah -- but a coiled cable may act a bit like an inductor. The
>>> same cable strung out probably didn't heat up as much.
>>>
>> Staggering incomprehesnion of basic electrical theory.
>
>  Well the second sentence is correct.
>
but for the wrong reasons...

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