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  1. ratstar

    Will a voltage divider waste power?

    The resistance of the device cant be higher than r2, thats why I thought use a bypass capacitor, then the resistance can be higher than r2. But it will discharge along r2 as well as the load... so ive got issues with that maybe.
  2. ratstar

    Will a voltage divider waste power?

    I mean to put the device on the shorted line. thats right isnt it? You splice into it.
  3. ratstar

    Will a voltage divider waste power?

    Thats a picture of a voltage divider is it not?
  4. ratstar

    Will a voltage divider waste power?

    All I really meant was something basic, that the junction leading to negative/ground with the resistor, will take no current at all, it all goes down the short, and the voltage reduction transformation is 99% perfect, the rest stays in the battery fine and it develops less heat because of...
  5. ratstar

    How to limit amplifier output power

    What if you use a bypass cap after the resistor to get rid of the load?
  6. ratstar

    Will a voltage divider waste power?

    If you pick the right resistance it wont heat up as much, but it further makes it more efficient that less is actually even coming out of the battery with a voltage divider, due to the ratio of resistance. (one of the pathways just leads back to the battery again.)
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    Will a voltage divider waste power?

    just use a voltage divider, or a current divider. voltage dividers are better cause they dont waste electricity, but current dividers do. or... just use a resistor...
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    What causes more energy loss out of an LED or a SPARK gap

    Ive got a voltage multiplier on the way, Last night I was trying to make a 30v spark gap by slipping a rolly paper between two cutoffs of copper tape but couldnt do it, its just too micronic to do! :)
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    Why is it PNP instead of PPN for transistors

    Thanks. Confusing as heck, but I have to learn it, if I want to learn about parasitic effects, because I want really fast logic. Reading books can help, but I what I need to do is just get some leds and inductors and check it out myself, I'm really good at capacitors just doing that, just...
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    Why is it PNP instead of PPN for transistors

    But they take alot more current before they pop right? I'm just worried ill go through 10 magnet speakers before I finally get the LC oscillator to work. Waste of good technology. LC oscillators are high frequency, so it suits a piezo in a way. Thanks for telling me about the impedance...
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    Why is it PNP instead of PPN for transistors

    Your reading my mind, but I'm not a complete fool, I do see the clevorness of others, I'm getting better every day, but we have to keep things exciting. :) The strange pathway I want to go to be original, I do have a funny feeling its not original anyway, so I dont have to change - theres...
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    Why is it PNP instead of PPN for transistors

    I know my capacitors fairly well, but I don't know much about inductors yet. I didn't know 400uh was a smallish inductor!!! I'm thinking of using a piezoelectric, because they can take more power than a little magnetic speaker? I just want to make sure it doesnt blow up. I don't know what...
  13. ratstar

    What causes more energy loss out of an LED or a SPARK gap

    Just a circuit interrupter, the most efficient it can possibly be, given value for money. Im just making a spark gap oscillator.
  14. ratstar

    What causes more energy loss out of an LED or a SPARK gap

    Another thing, at this page, it shows switching spark gaps, and the lower volt ones have a lower max rating of hz?? I wonder what that means, the closer the plates are the lower the max hz? That doesnt make sense...
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    Why is it PNP instead of PPN for transistors

    I always get everything backwards, and some of the lectures on you tube are made PURPOSELY to confuse people!!! So you can only really trust yourself, unless youve got a good feeling about a guy, it could be bullshit, and even then you could be tricked!! =) Ive just learnt alot about the...
  16. ratstar

    What causes more energy loss out of an LED or a SPARK gap

    I know it depends, but im asking a general sorta newbie question so please be gentle... The same thing is a plasma speaker versus a mechanical speaker - versus a piezoelectric?
  17. ratstar

    Woo-Woo passive amplification using an lc oscillator

    I know my idea is utter crud, but heres a cool demonstration page about doing high quality LC's https://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics/ringdownq/ringdownq.shtml
  18. ratstar

    Woo-Woo passive amplification using an lc oscillator

    Thanks for that Audio Guru. Before anyone kills me about it, I posted this a little early, but youll need to fill up capacitors one after the other, because it already maxes the first cap in one hit.
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    Woo-Woo passive amplification using an lc oscillator

    That positive and negative stands for the connection to the "music" , and then the side channel connects to the speaker. Maybe it doesnt work unless u run on it a timer, but I was wondering if you made the LC oscillator run at 10x the maximum frequency of the music, maybe it could be...
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    Woo-Woo passive amplification using an lc oscillator

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