I learned a new word today...

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...... Ampacity. I love that....

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More succinct than "ampatiousness", I suppose.

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hmarrero:
Ampacity - Wikipedia

Ummmm.... yes.... the highlighted word in my original post is a link to that very page.

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Some people get it and some don't... Thank you Jim for the information.. I wondered why it was orange...!

Bob

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I wondered why it was orange...!

Well here's the trick... when you paste a url in, select it and apply the "Insert Hyperlink" button but then edit the line as shown below... I've put curlies in instead of the square brackets so it doesn't activate:

  1. Paste....
  1. Select and apply "Insert Hyperlink" (curlies are really square):

{url}http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage{/url}

  1. Then edit your text in... shown blue below: note the = sign replaces first closing bracket and the url is followed by the replacement closing bracket... your text goes after that:

{url=Arduino - Home}display text goes here{/url}

Thusly....

Blah blah blah blah blah blah

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No need for curlies:

  1. Paste....
  1. Select and apply "Insert Hyperlink"

[url]http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/HomePage[url]

  1. Then edit your text in... shown blue below: note the = sign replaces first closing bracket and the url is followed by the replacement closing bracket... your text goes after that:

display text goes here

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No need for curlies:

Ummmm..... What sorcery is that?

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Cunning use of the [font] tag :wink:

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Must be a similar word for voltage

voltacity not found tho...

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CrossRoads:
Must be a similar word for voltage

voltacity not found tho...

Well CR, the beauty of Wikipedia is that you can make an entry for "Voltacity" and Voila!, there is such a word... Failing that, Urban Dictionary

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voltacity not found tho...

Maybe as there is no limit to voltacity it makes no sense to define it ????

Word of the day would be a nice Bar Sport thread :wink:

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Maybe as there is no limit to voltacity it makes no sense to define it

Is that true?- doesn't insulation break down at a voltage not a current? If I'm right, then voltacity could be a measure of insulation 8)

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isn't that isolaticity :wink: aka resistance?

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I'll just stick to making up words in here 8)
I keep hearing "blizzacane" on the news, describing a blizzard with hurricane force wind.
Going out to work on my driveway, 20-24" of snow overnight.
Pile at the end of my driveway from the plows is 4', right up to the bottom of my mailbox.