On 30-Nov-98, Randy McHugh wrote:

RM> You can find all the information you need at the library (any library). I
RM> understand that the instructor said all available sources but I don't
RM> think he means to have me design it for you. As someone who has never
[...]

Yep... "Give a person a fish and they will eat for a day.  Teach a
person to fish and they will eat for a lifetime."  - Unknown (actually
a poster from my H.S. library)

[...]
RM> 1.) You need to step the AC voltage down to a "workable" AC voltage.
RM> Hence the transformer. Use the X:Y rating on the transformer to determine
[...] (Rest of step 1 and steps 2-4)

You forgot step 5, the zener diode.  All I will say about this is
check in your research books on how to use a zener diode as a
'regulator'.  (Get that term correct, the 4 diodes in a bridge is
called a 'rectifier'.  These terms sound similar, but they perform
_completely_ different functions.)

[...]
RM> -----Original Message-----
RM> From:   *Crystale "The Angel" Vail* [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
RM> Sent:   Monday, November 30, 1998 2:12 PM
RM> To:     [log in to unmask]

<SOAPBOX>
Quick request to all people here, please edit out all parts of the
original message that you are not refering to.  Otherwise threads
become monsterous in size.  (especially since the list-server adds 10
lines of list-sig, in a forum where sigs are usually requested to be
limited to 3 or 4 lines. Ok, so my sig is a couple lines longer due to
my random tag-line...)  I remember doing some research, and printing
out messages that had the answer that I needed.  Unfortunately because
of that I ended up getting 4 or 5 copies of my entire original
request, and 3 or 4 copies of the first line of responces.  Quite a
waste of paper...  >:-(
</SOAPBOX>

Pax
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<tsb>
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