Maybe you already know this, but if you hover the mouse above a component while pressing the <alt> key, it lets you plot the power (in watts) being dissipated by it.Found it, the save device current was not ticked as is default. Works now except it's giving me negative amps. K thx, still playing with it.
The positive direction of current in Spice is for conventional current, not electron flow.It must be giving me actual current instead of conventional current.
The convention is that positive is current into a node.OK, I reoriented the resistors and was able to eliminate the negative sign in front of the plot value. The battery still shows actual current flow from the cathode.
The learning curve can be a little steep for some of us, but it's very much worth the effort. I've learned tons of things by just tweaking existing circuits and studying the results ... no real-life budget-burning short circuits and magic smoke required ...Thanks guys for all the help with LTspice. It is slowly coming together for me and I truly appreciate the recommendation to use it and all the help learning it.
Sam
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