<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 26, 2018, at 5:59 PM, cheater00 cheater00 <<a href="mailto:cheater00@gmail.com" class="">cheater00@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">Hi, I was wondering if anyone tried using a plasma ball as a controller for an electronic circuit. <br class=""></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>They give off _lots_ of RFI which might make the entire concept moot. Even worse, the HV power supplies in some plasma gadgets other than spheres are _modulated_ at AF. That could be really noisy.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I just scored a really nice one on eBay the other day... 8D</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Terry Bowman, KA4HJH<br class="">"The Mac Doctor"<br class=""><br class="">Q: Should car stereo speakers be pointed to the rear for more thrust or up for more traction?<br class=""><br class="">A. On long trips, the 20- to 30% improvement in gas mileage you might get with speakers pointing to the rear is certainly worthwhile. On the other hand, if you drive on snow or ice, the extra traction of speakers pointing upward gives you added control.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Don Lancaster</div>
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