"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. -- Aviation is more than a hobby. It is more than a job. It is more than a career. Aviation is a way of life. A second language for the world: www.esperanto.org Processor cycles are a terrible thing to waste. www.distributed.net ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Pv4pGD/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/