Hi guys,

It's very late here, and we have been officially slapped on the wrist
for this thread, but I have just got to say that if I got a "ROTFL" out
of Olin, then it must have been worth the bandwidth.

I also have to say, his reply made me laugh too! I've never managed to
get myself thrown out of a McDonalds! David Duffy's comments on roo
meat seem to ring true to what seems to be the general public opinion.
I can not offer my own opinion, as I have never tried it. But from what
I do know, Roman must have got a tough piece - one that John West
rejected perhaps? I also need to add that as clearly as I remember that
roo meat scandal, I don't remember McDonalds being involved! :-)

But my variation of this thread did start of quite serious though. My
next project is a Triac based speed control for 240VAC and I do have to
detect the zero crossing point of the AC wave. Before anyone suggests
the obvious, I do not have a transformer. So far, I've got "2 resistors
are better than 1" and Olin's "the more parts the merrier" :-) - then
we just started getting silly.

I will draw the circuit which I believe Roman's original comments were
about and post it or a link to it on Monday. I've never posted a file
to the list. Is there any maximum size, format, etiquette to obey? I
should focus this question to Olin only - as he won't hold back with
his opinion! :-)

Any thoughts on why this technique should or should not work, is or is
not safe and would or would not pass regulatory approvals will be
interesting and most appreciated.

Regards,

Sean

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