"Anton Berteaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > If you really want to get pedantic about a -=*PURE*=- sine wave you
> > could install a ferroresonant transformer, which is a BIG resonant
> > circuit built to resonate at 60hz. The computer lab at St. Petersburg
> > College's St. Petersburg campus has one of these things.  It does
> > wonders for conditioning the power they get from Florida Flash and
> > Flicker, but it must weigh 800 pounds.
>
> and sucks up a significant amount of power in the process, too.
> anton

Indeed.  That big ass thing hums like crazy, and keeps the lab nice and
comfortably warm during what passes for a winter here.  But if what you
want is -=*PURE*=- sine wave then there's nothing purer.  Like I said,
only if you want to get _seriously_ pedantic about it.  

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