Well, while I must concede that typically Radio Shack's slogan should be :

Radio Shack, you got questions, we got bullshit <g> ... The manager of my
local RS is actually quite knowledgable and has helped my out on several
occasions. Then again, I'm not an EE ...

Eric

On Friday, July 02, 1999 10:28 AM, Sean Breheny [SMTP:shb7@CORNELL.EDU]
wrote:
> At 11:13 AM 7/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >I needed to post this... an experience I had today.
> >
> >Went to local Radio ShOck looking for a coiled wire, enough to feed
> >800mA (6Vdc) to a moving head, first thought was a handset telephone
> >coiled wire, all 4 wires soldered in parallel should do... the return
> [SNIP]
>
> Actually, Wagner, in my experience at the "Shack", you were lucky to find
> someone who even knew that wire has resistance and has a current limit!
>
> Sean
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