On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Peter L. Peres wrote:

> The amateur's favorite afaik is a motor driven small steel gear wheel
> (12-15 cm diamater and 20-30 teeth) acting as a high frequency interrupter
> against a massive steel plate (which lies above it). This will arc like
> mad but sustains 10-20A at 220V without serious damage for a reasonably
> long time. ;)
>
> Now, how does one make such a thing pass a FCC test.

By locating it outside of the US and its territorial waters?  <grin>

Dale
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