Thread: Volts vs Amps
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Old 10-05-2003, 02:20 PM
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Bryan:
Think of amps as water in a hose....
Think of volts as the pressure that it takes to move that water out the end of the hose.
If you have a part that needs 10 amps to plate correctly in one of the baths and it takes 2 volts to push that 10 amps into the part.......then....
even if you have a 800 volt power supply, it will still only take 2 volts to push the 10 amps.
If you start getting up in the area of 6 volts and more that is needed to push the amperage you need (whatever it is) then you need to start looking at why its taking so much.
Bad connections, not enough anode, bath is out of balance, bath not up to the right temp. things like that.
Hope this clears the mud?
and...........yes..........hobbyplating.com SUCKS! ....your one of the lucky ones that got thier money back.
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