Originally Posted by SteveFehr
Oh come now, guys- you all know better than to look at a meter and believe P=IE and E=IR, that's as much a half-true myth as the Bohr model of the atom or newtonian physics. Not to mention the OP apparently fully understood the answer after the first response- that's just not right! This is the theory forum, needs more differential equations!

dP=dIdE
dE=dIdR

Or at least use the AC version instead of DC for rule-of-thumb calculations:
P=I^2R
P=E^2/R


dP=dIdE (??????????), to simply.

1. P=EI
1. P+dP = (E+dE)(I+dI) = EI + EdI+IdE+dEdI so:
dP=EdI+IdE+dEdI am I wrong?