>> For the younger folks out there, "condenser" was another name for a >> capacitor. >> >> - Tom > >How young does one have to be not to know it? I'm 21 and I knew it! I've just been watching University Challenge on the BBC, between an Oxford college and the Open University (I study with the OU). Guess what one of the questions was for the Oxford team? "What's the original name for a capacitor?". Needless to say, they didn't know (despite my shouting it at the TV screen) - one of them suggested "a resistor"! Naturally, the OU won ... :-) Andy.