Hi 2windy,
Hope we didn't scare you away. From fieldlines or RE.
I think a lot of comments came out that were not aimed at you or your question.
Peter,
LM3909? You are showing your age! BTW, they are again available, if you have a deep wallet. New part # is "LED-Flasher" or so. ROLF!
I really wish someone would tell me "Use a 7805" or whatever IC. How many hours and dollars are wasted because someone doesn't know a 3 pin IC exists to do just what they are trying to accomplish.
Today I was waiting for detailed explainations on the consequences of bi-directional rotation of a 3 phase PMA, and almost felt disappointed when a poster who is totally beyond reproach effectively blocked further comments in regard to the situation, which could have proven entertaining to say the least.
I may need to resort to the TV.
Start rant
Everybody,
Spent half the day wondering why...
When someone buys the first PM motor and can't understand how the diode goes in, nobody complains.
When someone builds a 1000W 3-ph windmill but can not figure out how to connect it for DC output, everyone jumps to tell how to connect 6 diodes.
Is that more relative than a battery meter?
Both seem pretty darn important to me.
If someone can not handle connecting 6 diodes to a 1000w machine they just made, maybe they should just buy a 1000w machine?
If a novice can connect 6 diodes to handle 1000 watts, why can't another novice handle a 7805 and 1W?
When someone buys a TDM, and wants to disconnect the house, and make a grid tie inverter so he can be rich with monthly electric company checks, everyone jumps in.
When a guy has a working system and needs to know a 7805 exists, and it is not as NEARLY as frightening as the data sheets make it look, everyone seems to chastise him for not knowing about it.
Gotta feel like that if you were the one who asked the question.
(everyone who knows that the difference between 7805 and 7912 is not 107 should take another look at the all data sheets from different companies with fresh eyes. Sure they are simple to use, but it does not show through all the BS)
Didn't everyone ask a easy question at on time or another? And I will do it again.
If you didn't know, were confused, or could not see the forest for the trees. I was.
Anyone who did not must have made some major errors over something simple. I did.
I thought that is why we are here. A semi-newbie can help a newbie. A guru in one field can help a guru in another field. A guru can even learn from a newbie. And it is fun and interesting.
G-