Do Wiggle Stick Meters Wear Out?

Ah yes, you hunt for the tiny scraps I leave behind for the carrion, but miss the bigger picture. I suppose I should become like you guys, and when someone is wrong call them a f*ck head and move on.

I kind of like to explain things... try to be helpful... I can change.

-Chuck Harris

Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Don't think I mean it that way Chuck. I know it's a typo. I was being a little facetious, that's all.

Pointing out the typo was my attempt at making a rimshot, aimed tangentially at Rich. I was actually thinking that an inductor's current is not linear at all. But I know that's a form of typo too. What really surprised me is that Rich didn't point it out.

So it was sort of a tangential rimshot made from the behind the backboard. Maybe it was too ambitious an attempt at humor.

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Hi Tom,

It gets frustrating to post on any of the sci newsgroups. If you misspell a word, or fail to use lawyerly precision, someone is right there to rap your knuckles. Then there is always the guy who doesn't understand, and has to demean everyone else to make up for his feelings of inadequacy. I wonder why I bother coming here sometimes.

The current rise in a perfect inductor when presented with a voltage source most certainly is linear. Add some series resistance, and the current rise becomes exponential.

If you have a core, the current rise resembles linear for awhile, until you start to approach saturation. As you approach saturation, the inductance of the inductor starts to head toward that of the same winding with an air core. So yes, the current will then start to rise quickly.

What doesn't happen is a big "inrush of current". That's the capacitor's shtick.

-Chuck Harris

Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Uh, yeah. A little while ago I started thinking about what I wrote and I realized that you did say voltage source, or something like that.

So it was a rimshot at the wrong end of the court. Indeed, too ambitious an attempt at humor.

Thanks.

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On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:22:30 -0500, Chuck Harris Gave us:

None of them ever sid that. THAT would be only me, dipshit.

Don't blanket the rest, because you are all red faced pissed at one!

Got clue?

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:21:53 -0500, Chuck Harris Gave us:

Then don't. That IS what we have spell checkers for, AND that is something a good pro would watch. So use damned spell checker. You know... conscious effort and all...

Ignoring it makes you no more than a coffee and doughnuts type. Fact is, ALL the details matter, not just those you wish to attach your faith too.

You remind me of well trained cops that sit in a parking lot corner for hours on end, eating doughnut instead of doing their friggin' jobs.

YAAP

Yet Another American Problem

It also has a nethack meaning. Hehehe....

On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 20:21:53 -0500, Chuck Harris Gave us:

That is why high powered audio amps or linear DC supplies have to have thermistors in the AC line. When energized, those rail caps take it full bore full for some time. Too much current in too little time for many circuit elements.

Chuck Harris wrote: [snip]

Don't top post, you arse. ;-)

Tim

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^^ Beep: consistency check error #3F. Minus one point.

Tim

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*Beep beep* consistency check error #19: noun in improper place. Minus one point. Error #4B: insulting the poster. Minus three points.

Tim

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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 23:08:21 -0600, "Tim Williams" Gave us:

The "a" key on my keyboard has been failing incessantly, I miss it a lot.

If one looks at many of my errors, if any, they are usually omissions of n "a" character.

It particularly happens in gaming chat, as I type really fast in order to continue gaming!

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 02:43:32 -0500, "Mark Jones" Gave us:

Great review!

Maybe you could re-finance your house and get a new keyboard.

Ed

I'm not the least bit "red faced", nor pissed (american or british def.).

I am not embarassed either...

So what exactly were you trying to say?

-Chuck Harris

Hey Dark,

My spelling mistakes are mine alone. I don't need some damn machine to bless my posts.

I've yet to see a spell checker that can help with what I see as the most common usenet spelling/usage/typo mistakes:

loose instead of lose it's instead of its misuse of their, they're, there, too, to, two... effect vs affect typos like: "what is you problem?" stoopid vs. stupid (possibly a regional spelling difference)

But seriously, anyone with a functioning brain should be able to get past a few spelling errors without losing the idea being conveyed.... And should be able to resist the urge to rap the knuckles of the occasional offender.

Some of your non sequitur stream of unconsciousness posts are a more than a little bit trying too...[obligatory usenet ;-)]

As to your comment about cops and doughnuts: This isn't my job! Pay me to post, and I will post something that is worth paying for. Otherwise my posts are freebies that I choose to share.

-Chuck Harris

The inrush of current is caused by the filter capacitors being charged from zero volts to their operating value.

-Chuck Harris

DarkMatter wrote:

Crap, you going to start that war again?

-Chuck Harris (Old enough to understand why I t> Chuck Harris wrote:

Well, OT, I'm obliged to :^)

Tim

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