Dudley Henriques wrote:
Cecil E. Chapman wrote:

Thought I'd poke my head into this post.... Rod's book is a fine
one,,,, and his Instrument Pilot manual (the version intended to fully
prepare an instrument pilot,,, not his first instrument publication
which was only intended as a supplement only to other books and
training) are books I don't hesitate to recommend. He really hangs a
little too long with his water analogy of electricity (i.e., I think
at some point he could use his analogy to transition the reader into a
working understanding of electrical current).


Ohm my!! Watt did you say? Shocking; simply shocking!! :-))

Explaining electricity to the layman can indeed be a true test of one's
ability to improvise with explanation. Even today, after years of
dealing with this wonder of science, I STILL find electricity
fascinating and interesting.
The water analogy has been around a while for sure. Personally I prefer
the pool balls in the pipe :-))


Funny, Ron tells stories of when he and a friend were in firefighting
training (both EE's) and after a while they looked at each other and
jokingly said "hey, it's just like electricity!".

Margy