Keith Dysart wrote:
Despite your
protests to the contrary, ideal voltage sources can, and
do, absorb energy.

From the "IEEE Dictionary":

"Absorption: (2) A general term for the process by which
incident flux is converted to another form of energy,
usually and ultimately to heat. (4) The irreversible
conversion of the energy of an EM wave into another form
of energy as a result of wave interaction with matter."

By what mechanism does an ideal source with an impedance
of 0+j0 manage to dissipate heat? Since the energy absorption
by the ideal source is *irreversible*, where is the heat
(or other form of energy) stored and for how long?
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73, Cecil http://www.w5dxp.com