Peter wrote...

>On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Dave Dilatush wrote:
>
>>In the case of the propeller clock, I was wondering: why
>>complicate things by running AC through the slip rings?  Why not
>>rectify and filter the transformer first, then run the filtered
>>DC through the rings.  Easier to modulate than this
>>now-you-see-it-now-you-don't trick with the diode.
>
>He is using the ac as timebase.

Duh.  Guess I could have figured that out for myself... :)

DD

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