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18th Sep 2022, 9:49 am
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Heptode
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Kinver, Staffordshire, UK.
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Re: USA terms vs UK terms.
I hate the television line output transformer being referred to as " the flyback ".
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18th Sep 2022, 10:39 am
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Heptode
Join Date: Dec 2020
Location: Swaffham, Norfolk, UK.
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Re: USA terms vs UK terms.
Sweep tube: Vacuum cleaner hose?
Smoothers: sandpaper capacitors? Especially annoying when people are referring to a reservoir capacitor. Traffo: OK, that's German for the component, but in English use is a lazy contraction. Tranny: I'm not going there! Sodder: ^or there^ Each to their own I say, but can anyone defend: MATH! Even my American (NJ), mathematics professor at college would not accept MATH. Although it was fun to get him to try to say 'nuclear', he could only manage 'nuke-u-lar': great teacher though, always made lessons interesting. |
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18th Sep 2022, 11:38 am
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Dekatron
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Leominster, Herefordshire, UK.
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Re: USA terms vs UK terms.
Isn't the "smoother" the 2nd one in line after the reservoir and choke or resistor?
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18th Sep 2022, 1:05 pm
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Re: USA terms vs UK terms.
The thread has gone down a well worn path which will now come to an end.
Cheers Mike T
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