> -----Original Message----- > From: Russell McMahon [SMTP:apptech@PARADISE.NET.NZ] > Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 9:39 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [EE]: Speeding up a relay - zero crossing detection > > > Also can get "magnetic sniggers" and arc "ladders" (can't remember correct > name) which cause arc to rise thermally and extend its length to cause it > to > extinguish. You could fit several hundred toasters inside some of those > :-) > > Usualy called "Jacobs Ladders" IIRC. Mike -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu