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On my electric bill they have a delivery charge. It makes me think of some guy going house to house delivering hug capacitors charged with a voltage potential saying, "here's your electricity"
In my spare time I love to bother the companies that want my money. I don't complain about the products that I buy just the "extra" stuff that turns up on the bills.
Today I was trying to get them to explain to me what it was that they were actually delivering. Since it is AC power the electrons just go back and forth, nothing really gets delivered, I don't have a bunch of electrons piled up in my basement. What really happens is that my house creates a load (resistance) that slows down that back and forth motion.
I finally told her that they should change it from a delivery charge to a line maintenance charge, at least that is more believable.
I was hoping to get into the argument of what a photon is, but she hung up before we could get that far.
I know, I'm horrible.
How does one "Deliver" electricity?poking fun at the electric co
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How does one "Deliver" electricity?
Posted 04 August 2010 - 09:59 AM
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Re: How does one "Deliver" electricity?
Posted 04 August 2010 - 10:14 AM
Maintenance, expansion, and upkeep of the high-voltage lines and meters that connect the plant generating said electricity to your home?
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Posted 04 August 2010 - 10:35 AM
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Re: How does one "Deliver" electricity?
Posted 04 August 2010 - 04:24 PM
calvinthedestroyer, on 04 August 2010 - 03:59 PM, said:
It makes me think of some guy going house to house delivering hug capacitors
That's so sweet. The idea of a hug capacitor, delivering lurve.
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Re: How does one "Deliver" electricity?
Posted 04 August 2010 - 09:03 PM
JackOfAllTrades, on 04 August 2010 - 09:14 AM, said:
Maintenance, expansion, and upkeep of the high-voltage lines and meters that connect the plant generating said electricity to your home?
NoBrain, on 04 August 2010 - 09:19 AM, said:
dose not this form the price of your electricity?
I asked them that and they said that falls under my basic charge of kilowatt hours used. The "delivery" charge is by it's self as a separate line item.
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Re: How does one "Deliver" electricity?
Posted 04 August 2010 - 11:20 PM
Electric Potential
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