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- From: steve@endgame.gsfc.nasa.gov (Steve Rezsutek)
- Subject: Re: Carver and the FAQ
- In-Reply-To: bower@pecan.cns.udel.edu's message of Wed, 23 Dec 1992 03: 55:05 GMT
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- bower@pecan.cns.udel.edu (Ty Bower) writes:
-
- [Bob Carver] often tends to use techno-babble and often seems
- to be making things up to make his equipment sound impressive.
- More often than not, he will "spare" the listener the details
- of how and why he has achieved whatever engineering marvel he
- has achieved and give it a "cool name." (Magnetic field power
- amps come to mind... what the hell is a magnetic field power
- amp, anyway?)
-
- Well, I won't even pretend to give a definitive answer (ask the
- guys in sci.electronics?), but "magnetic field power
- amplifiers" are "real" things. They use an element, called a
- "reactor" I believe, which I recall being something like a
- cross between a tube and a transformer (not really, but bear
- with me). A little bit of current flux in one winding can
- *control* (not induce) a much larger current flux in another
- winding. In their cruder forms they often find use as dimmers
- for stage lights.
-
- Just dredging the depths of my almost forgotten EE education...
-
- Steve
-
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