The cheap little meter that turns batteries into cures

August 6, 2011

I have to repost this due to typo--

You may have seen a " meter " mentioned in messages and shown in photos. This

continues our beans analogy to explain the use of the meter.

A meter is short name for " milliameter " . Milli means " one thousandth " . " AM " is

short for amp (a given number of electrons moving past a point in a given time,

much like a river during a flood, so many cubic feet per minute, etc). " Meter "

is a word from Old English meaning " the person who measures " , or simply to

measure, or a thing that measures.

So " milliameter " is a thing that measures thousandths of an amp. How much is an

amp? It's about one light bulb.

On the planet Beano, where things are measured in beans, in one can of beans,

there are thousands of beans. (I have not yet visited Beano and counted beans to

verify this). On Beano, if we had a milli-bean meter, it would measure

fractions of one or two beans.

Electrically, your meter shows you fractions of a thousandth of an amp. We are

interested in values less than one thousandth of an amp.

..3 to .7 thousandth amp is our " sweet spot " . That is one-third to

seven

tenths of a milli-amp. In beans that would be a fraction of a bean or so.

This little bit of electricity will not even begin to light a light bulb of any

size, not even a flashlight bulb. This is why your godzilla batteries last a

very long time! It is Godzilla's dirty little secret that it is extremely

mild..to us, however it is not mild to germs. Their small size only requires

millionths of an amp to ruin them. Micro- means " millionths " . That is why this

group is named: Micro- electricitygermkiller.

So, why a meter at all? Well, in practical terms, the device can go wrong if

connections fail, or if oxides form on metals, wetting is not adequate, or water

not conductive enough, etc. The meter shows you what is really going on,

whether you feel it or not. It can help you to " dose " properly so you know you

have it covered and can be confident of a clearing up of an infection. It is

well worth the money, last time I checked they were $5 at Harbor Freight Tools.

I need to buy a few more of them, since I built godzillas for some people lately

and ran out.

This message brought to you by the letters bG, and the International Association

of Bean Farmers.

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