1 Oct
2008
1 Oct
'08
5:41 p.m.
On Wednesday 01 October 2008 13:47, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 1 Oct 2008 at 13:10, Dave McGuire wrote:
I was under the impression that old "B+ supply" transformers were
getting hard to find. Not so, apparently. I popped open a 1990's
stereo receiver that was about to hit the junkpile to see what might
be salvaged (one of the hybrid output ICs had fizzled and would cost
more to replace than the receiver was worth)--and found a 70-0-70
(140vct) transformer in the power supply. Perfect for a Nixie
application.
Sounds good. And that's why I throw almost *nothing* away. :-)
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Yeah,
but a transformer, bridge rectifier, and filter cap is
*so* much
simpler.
Ugh. ;)