Missed it. ROTFL!
I wonder if he's still waiting for the women to come calling. If he applies the same technique with the fairer sex that he used to coax data out of his germanium crystal, I'll bet he's lonely tonight no matter what his major.
Thanks Chris
Electroplaters might argue that. ;-)
(To interface with our common electronic distribution systems, electrons of course have to move, and electrons also move between atoms and ions in such chemistry; but ions are the charge carrier in solution.)
Tim
The diode schematic symbol originally represented a pointy contact wire (cat's whisker) pressing against a bulk mineral base, often galena or silicon. Fortunately but accidentally it also points in the direction of conventional current flow.
The "+" on a diode or rectifier indicates the terminal that would deliver a rectified positive voltage. So applying + to the "+" terminal turns a diode off!
John
Schottky diodes are majority-carrier (electron) only devices. So are tubes.
John
Working engineers commonly say that "the current flows..." Only non-working-engineers have time to quibble over that.
John
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:43:20 -0700, in message , John Larkin scribed:
Well, I'm not at work when I post, and it doesn't hurt to try to be correct at all times. Otherwise one could slip into bad habits.
"Fault current flows through D4 to ground" is a bad habit?
John
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:14:05 -0700, in message , John Larkin scribed:
Did I say it was? Do you know the meaning of the word "pedantry?"
You're apparently the expert here.
John
On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:46:21 -0700, in message , John Larkin scribed:
Well all you had to do was realize it. I find it curious that you chose to debate a point that I admitted up front was pedantic.
On 25 Aug 2006 17:20:11 -0700, in message , "Mr. J D" scribed:
The ground most assuredly does not provide the electrons. The conductor supplies the electrons, as evidenced by the observable phenomena that copper has a higher conductivity than glass, and a circuit with no connection to ground can still conduct electricity.
What do you mean by "negative" being technically incorrect? I believe it's more correct than saying "ground," unless you know that there is actually a common ground point in the circuit.
Ask yourself this question: Do I want this diode to conduct when the voltage across it is about .6 volt? If the answer is yes, point the arrow to the negative side.
Ed
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