A few years ago I used to visit boy scott meetings and introduce them to basic concepts of computer programming using Pascal and basic electronics.
I still remember one little boy asking me if I could explain how a "Reverberating Diode" worked! I tried like hell not to laugh but I knew that his father or some one in the family must of been some Electronics/Electrician tech and set me up!
Jamie
Dunno. He could have been referring to a mechanical rectifier.
--Winston
Yep. The old vibrator packs in car radio power supplies. ...Jim Thompson
Huh some set me up long ago and I still have to be careful of geranium diodes !!
Like this, in Figure 4:
Most vibrator power supplies featured an electronic (rather than mechanical) rectifier, as shown in figure 3, though:
--Winston
Check out the reverb feedback optocoupling on (typically) Fender amps.
I pity any 'boy scott' that ever had to meet you.
Funny, I was just musing today, that my last days in Boy Scouts was in an Explorer Troop sponsored by the local police department.
So I was trained in the use of the riot stick... bring on OWS ;-) ...Jim Thompson
Mine was sponsored by the local volunteer fire department.
Since the O-I crowd wants everything for free, we should send them to stay with Sheriff Joe.
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