Not to push you over the edge, Neville, but you have to adjust your
thinking a bit.
It is indeed the "current" that determines your result, not the
voltage.

The voltage is the "pressure" needed to keep the current flowing.
No voltage= no current.
Way too much voltage = way too much current.

Current limiting diode = proper current over a wide range of voltages.
OR a feedback servo loop to do the same thing.

Proper current ranges in the 1 to 4 milliamp range. (don't care what
the voltage is).

                                                Chuck
The human race is still in beta testing

On 9/1/2008 7:08:58 PM, Neville ([email protected]) wrote:
> Hi ode,
> 
> If you will grant me the liberty of digressing briefly, I would just like
> to
> say something before going on.  I find it rather remarkable that over the
> 
> years I have been researching CS it was only yesterday, after re-reading
> some of the information I have collected and kept on 'file', I realised
> that
> there are a few names here that appear on the aforesaid material!  I
> believe
> I have passed a comment or two before about
> 'weeding out the crap from what
> I believe is credible information' so I
> guess I am not far off the mark with
> regards to hype vs crap, if it is material which came from you people
> originally. That cheers me up a tad as I now know that I have the ability,
> 
> and mindset, to suss out the crap from the credible.  I realise you have
> probably heard similar comments, 'ad nauseum', but I just needed to state
> 
> that if for no other reason other than as a mark of respect to those here
> 
> who I
> haven't named.
> 
> OK, Now...It was explained to me that if one uses a 'current
> limiter' then
> they will control, or alter, the amount of voltage available, or vary it if
> you like, and if this is so then one will not have the s
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