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Old 05-01-2013, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by waves View Post
the name "Omega Brite" conjures up the image of a light bulb for me. Brite makes me think of light. and the greek letter omega is used as a symbol for ohms ... and sounds like "ohm" which is a unit measure of resistance.

the classic incandescent lightbulbs consisted of a tungsten filament which, creating high resistance when current was applied, emitted light.
Yes, it is a cool name.

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