Conrad Starguard-The Radiant Warrior
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Watt
0.0856 watts
That power required to raise one carat one yard in one second. Used in electrical work.
Coulomb
0.0854 coulomb
Defined as twelve to the fifteenth power electrons. Also as that amount of electricity required to plate out .000353 carats of silver. This unit is almost never used except to define other units.
Ampere
0.08541 amps
Defined as an electrical flow of one coulomb for one second.
Volt
1.0022 volts
That electrical pressure required to push one ampere through one ohm, generating one watt of power.
Ohm
11.734 ohms
See above.
Farad
0.002463 farads
That capacitance that will hold one coulomb at one volt.
Much of Conrad's training and experience had been in electronics, and like many electronics engineers, he felt that while the units he used produced a rational system, the values had been determined by committee long before anyone had any practical experience with electronics. The farad, a unit of capacitance, for example, was absurdly large. Commercial capacitors of a hundredth of that value were rarely made. The ohm was entirely too small and the watt too large.
Of course, had his experience been in power generation or electrochemical works, his opinions would have been different. And, as luck would have it, these were the technologies he had to develop first. It was precisely where he knew the most that he failed the worst.
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