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Article #1009Re: An unusual Oscilloscope phenomenon
From: Paul Hovnanian P.E.
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:42
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:42
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Spehro Pefhany wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:49:50 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > <dirk.bruere@gmail.com> wrote: > >>David L. Jones wrote: >>> Check out a rather unusual phenomenon you can see on your oscilloscope >>> in my latest blog (#14): >>> http://www.alternatezone.com/eevblog/ >>> See if you can get it to happen on your scope! >>> I'll offer a free subscription to my blog for the best screen shot >>> posted >>> :-> >>> >>> Oh, and the probe doesn't have to be shorted either. >>> >>> Have fun. >>> Dave. >> >>Got it immediately, because I once worked in lab that had cheap plastic >>chairs that generated 1cm sparks when you stood up! > > Back in the old days, they used to generate 1/2" sparks. Oh yeah? You young punks have it easy. Back in my time, we didn't have plastic chairs. If we wanted to make sparks, we had to rub two cats together. -- Paul Hovnanian paul@hovnanian.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Have gnu, will travel.
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