...or to put it the more usual way, "two countries separated (or divided) by a common language".
:-) Regards, Alan -- Principal Engineer, BAE Systems Limited, Integrated System Technologies, North Way, Hillend Ind. Park, Hillend, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 9HQ. UK > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, 08 December 2005 09:13 > To: Jacob Schanker > Cc: EMC-PSTC > Subject: Re: N-way switches > > > *** WARNING *** > > This mail has originated outside your organization, > either from an external partner or the Global Internet. > Keep this in mind if you answer this message. > > Gentlemen, and ladies, and others (we live in a sadly > Politically Correct > society, we have to take all genders into account!) > > It is the norm in the UK to describe the floor at ground > level, 'Ground > Floor', the next floor up is 'First floor', and the next > 'Second floor'. > You can see the mathematical progression here... > > In switch speak, we indeed talk about 'upstairs/downstairs' > switches, in > that context, as '2 way', but in the functional discrete > context a '2 way' > switch is that which has a single pole and a normally open, > and normally > closed contact, or 'change-over'. > > The Number of Poles is described by the term 'poles', such > that a switch > with two poles is described (not unsurprisingly) as a '2 pole' switch. > > The two descriptive terms above may be combined to expose > complex arrays > such as '2 pole, 2 way', or '3 pole, 6 way', or 'x pole, y > way' where x > and y are integers in the set of real numbers. > > Now, are there any Grannies out there that need to know how > an egg might be > sucked? > > Regards, > > Chris Duprés ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ******************************************************************** - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
