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Coversion of Deg C to Kilowatt

05/22/2014 1:45 AM

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Please let me know how to convert one degree of Celsius in temperature in an electrical connector to loss of electrical energy in Kilo watt.

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05/22/2014 2:12 AM

The Doctor might know! Who you ask? The exact same one. He has a pencil, you know!

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Did you learn how to phrase a question properly or did you buy your title?

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05/22/2014 4:18 AM
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05/22/2014 6:31 AM

This site gets some crazy questions, but this stands out! What is your doctorate in?

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05/23/2014 2:51 AM

I have to agree.....

But at least it proves immediately that some people appear to have given themselves a Doctor title without the need for many years in the Uni!!!

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05/22/2014 9:12 AM

Would this connector be well-lagged or would it be fitted with forced-draft cooling fans?

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05/23/2014 2:52 AM

LOL!!

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05/22/2014 11:09 PM

Just multiply the temperature change ratios by the cubic foot or meter and add sixty lumens.

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05/22/2014 11:48 PM

In semiconductors manufacturers specify thermal resistance Rth in Deg C/ watt. That means if Rth = K is given and there is a power loss of P in the semiconductor, the temperature rise will be K*P. This is the simplest explanation.

I have not come across such a term fro connectors and yet general principle will be same. Depending on connector quality- there will be power loss and heat has to be dissipated to atmosphere- depending on surface availability for heat dissipation etc. There are techniques for measuring and establishing this figure Rth from first principles.

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05/23/2014 12:29 AM

If you want the heat dissipated due to connector resistance, measure voltage across the connector, measure the current, volts times amps equals watts.

It's just a resistor.

Medical doctors may know very little about electricity.

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05/23/2014 1:23 AM

But even medical doctors will be able to spell out a question properly if he expects a good answer.

A doctorate is based one scientific principles that do not differ much over any science nor is it so much different from the engineering foundations.

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05/23/2014 4:19 AM

Well, while I agree with the idea stated in the second phrase, it doesn't automatically mean that any doctor in the world should have a good English knowledge (or to know it at all). How do you know that the "improper" spelling is not the result of a stupid Google translation?

I find funny that you have more objections to the language level of knowledge than to the technical level of knowledge. I'm not a native English speaker, so probably that's why I was less disturbed by the spelling. Anyhow, he's just a guy asking a question in a forum of engineers and expecting an answer from somebody with superior knowledge in the field but kind enough to spend a minute or two for doing that. I see no reason to humiliate him for not having enough technical and/or language knowledge to properly phrase his question.

Finally, regarding your: "But even medical doctors will be able to spell out a question properly if he expects a good answer." - if you started with "But even medical doctors will be able…" shouldn't you finish with "… if they expect a good answer."?

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05/23/2014 7:00 AM

OK, but what's happened to the OP? There have been enough comments to enable him to clarify his question, then he might actually get some help.

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05/23/2014 7:07 AM

Re Alex Roman - 12. I'm in agreement with what you say in principle. I don't like replies poking subjective fun of the person. Having an objective dig at the question is not so bad. If the OP is a medical doctor, and if in his work he had a Ph.D engineer come in seeking a cure for an illness, I wouldn't expect the Dr. to poke fun because the engineer did not us the correct medical terms, or worse, criticise the quality of the engineering degree for that reason.

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05/25/2014 1:51 PM

Unfortunatley the patient died because he could not phrase his quesition alright.

Really you think I was making fun? I am much disturbed over your observation skills. I am seriously troubled over the quality of the question presented.

If this is a medical doctor I would still be very cautious if he was to treat me.

But I doubt that this is what it is. We will never know. OP has not come back.

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05/25/2014 1:43 PM

Thanks for pointing out spelling mistakes to a none native English speaker. Whats your point?

I think we can agree that if someone decorates himself with a title that he should have the ability to communicate according to this title. He should make that little bit of more effort and not googleate his question and put it forward to a forum in the here presented scrambled form.

You could not answer the question but scolding me for pointing out that the question was rubbish. You know why you could not answer the question? Because the technical part was not comprehensible. What was left was a pointing out the obvious that the question was rubbish. Am I repeating myself?

We are stuck here because OP has not come back. You had no other contribution than this one. This lets me to believe that for some funny reasons you wanted to teach me some English. Is that so?

You will have lot much of fun with these ones and more and so on . . . .

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05/23/2014 2:53 AM

Shocking!!!

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05/23/2014 7:45 AM

GA from me.

From context, in case the OP wants kilowatt-hours (as on his monthly power bill), multiply watts by the time (hours) your equipment is in use during one month and divide by 1000.

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05/25/2014 1:54 PM

Is that with or without the air condition on?

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05/25/2014 1:52 PM

Where did you get that resistor from?

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05/25/2014 2:38 PM

Quite. Saying power = I2*R and kWh = kW*hours is shooting in the dark, as we have little or no idea what the system comprises. For a start, when OP says "electrical connector" my guess is he means electrical conductor. Assuming he means 1°C temperature difference, what is this across?

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05/23/2014 8:20 AM

In case you had not spotted it, the answer is in two parts.

Calculate power loss in the cable = Amps * Amps * Resistance

The temperature rise depends on the quality of insulation, the thicker it is (or the better heat insulating quality it is) the higher the temperature rise. You will be aware that a lit incandescent bulb gets hot after some time, hot enough not to be able to touch it. Surround it with a thick layer of fibreglass, and either the filament will fail quickly or the glass will soften, because the heat is trapped, and the temperature rises.

So it is with your electric cable. The thicker the insulation the hotter, for a given current flowing. There is no simple answer to your question.

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