From: Jim Thompson on
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:50:50 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:18:12 +1000, Adrian Jansen <adrian(a)qq.vv.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>Jim Thompson wrote:
[snip]
>>>
>>> Depends on the definition of "depends" :-)
>>>
>>> "Charge" IS conserved. So if you transfer Q from C1 to C2 >>>
>>>
>>> C1*V1 == C2*V2
>>>
>>> ...Jim Thompson
>>If you conserve energy, then you must have
>>
>>C1*V1^2 = C2*V2^2
>
>Right. If you dump all the energy from one charged cap into another,
>discharged, cap of a different value, and do it efficiently, charge is
>not conserved.
>
>John
>
>

John says, "...charge is not conserved."

Newbies are invited to Google on "conservation of charge".

(AND run the math problem I previously posted.)

John is so full of it I'd bet his eyes are brown ;-)

Unfortunately, Adrian Jansen mis-states the results as well :-(

...Jim Thompson
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From: Jim Thompson on
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:59:58 -0700, John Larkin
<jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:

[snip]
>
>Billiard balls roll, which means that at the instant of contact there
>is a transverse scraping, like a clutch engaging, which wastes more
>energy than a classic elastic sphere conservation-of-momentum physics
>problem. The angular momentum transfer is a lot like transferring
>charge between two capacitors by connecting them with a resistor, but
>worse because of the felt.
>
>Air hockey is closer to classic elastic collision.
>
>John
>
>

My MIT freshman physics lab had air-supported pucks with periodic
sparking onto teledeltos paper to investigate collisions, momentum and
energy.

...Jim Thompson
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From: Jim Thompson on
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:57:10 -0700, Fred Abse
<excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:18:12 +1000, Adrian Jansen wrote:
>
>>
>> Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>>> "Charge" IS conserved. So if you transfer Q from C1 to C2 >>>
>>>
>>> C1*V1 == C2*V2
>>>
>>> ...Jim Thompson
>> If you conserve energy, then you must have
>>
>> C1*V1^2 = C2*V2^2
>
>Both conditions are only satisfied when C1=C2

Do my math problem.

...Jim Thompson
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From: John Larkin on
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:57:10 -0700, Fred Abse
<excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:

>On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:18:12 +1000, Adrian Jansen wrote:
>
>>
>> Jim Thompson wrote:
>
>>> "Charge" IS conserved. So if you transfer Q from C1 to C2 >>>
>>>
>>> C1*V1 == C2*V2
>>>
>>> ...Jim Thompson
>> If you conserve energy, then you must have
>>
>> C1*V1^2 = C2*V2^2
>
>Both conditions are only satisfied when C1=C2

Some people believe that charge is always conserved, and some people
believe that energy is always conserved.

Simple thought experiments can resolve the dilemma.

John

From: Winfield Hill on
Jim Thompson wrote...
> John Larkin wrote:
>> Adrian Jansen wrote:
>>> Jim Thompson wrote:
>[snip]
>>>>
>>>> Depends on the definition of "depends" :-)
>>>> "Charge" IS conserved. So if you transfer Q from C1 to C2 >>>

>>> If you conserve energy, then you must have
>>> C1*V1^2 = C2*V2^2

>> Right. If you dump all the energy from one charged cap into
>> another, discharged, cap of a different value, and do it
>> efficiently, charge is not conserved.
>
> John says, "...charge is not conserved."
> Newbies are invited to Google on "conservation of charge".
> (AND run the math problem I previously posted.)
> John is so full of it I'd bet his eyes are brown ;-)
>
> Unfortunately, Adrian Jansen mis-states the results as well :-(

I haven't been following this thread, but I have a comment.

The operative phrase must be, "and do it efficiently."

This is easy to do, with a dc-dc converter for example, or a
mosfet switch and an inductor. In these cases it's easy to
manipulate E1 and E2, C1*V1^2 = C2*V2^2. Forget about charge.


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