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April 4th 04, 06:53 AM
Uwe
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wrote on 4/3/04 19:24:
"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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And don't go mountain climbing. And don't drive race cars. And don't
learn how to do aerobatics.
Well, I've only done the first two. I was just trying to persuade him to
take up solid-state stuff. He keeps talking about the HV power supply on his
bench and that makes me think of how nice it is to work at 12 V.
BTW, I found mountaineering and racing a helluva lot more exciting than
working with vacuum tubes.
73,
"PM"
12V, holy cow!
If I go low voltage I keep it at around 5. I am building a controller board
with basic stamps and recently fried an A/D chip by letting it have 12V, it
was lethal.
By the way, talking about overload. The issue of crystals breaking has been
mentioned a few times, but how do I measure what the crystal "sees" for
current and what is tooo much???
73
Uwe
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