XPost: sci.electronics.basics   
   From: tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com   
      
   DJ Delorie said something like:   
      
   ...[snip]...   
      
   > No, current ratings are maximums, not absolutes.  If those are the   
   > real maximums, the result is a 6V 1mA source.  Actual current draw   
   > depends on the load, not the source.   
      
      
   Hmmmmm.....   
      
   If I connect an ammeter (from my handy multimeter) to a battery, what is it   
   measuring?  The amount of amps allowed to pass through the wires, etc. of   
   the multimeter?  If it depends entirely on load, then why wouldn't the   
   ammeter always measure the same regardless of what I connect it to?   
      
   I'm sorry, but my electrical background is limited to *some* digital   
   electrical engineering: A year of TTL circuits, karnaugh maps, up/down   
   counters, and the like from my computer science degree in college.  There   
   are *huge* gaps in my understanding of the analog world.   
      
      
      
      
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