The Geek Group Slingshot Resistor

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Another dumb idea from the confines of my cranium........

1. Do black-rubber "Bungee" cords conduct electricity?

Assumeing they do (like black rubber tubing does) then an interesting 
varible resistor could be made by having a pair of copper bars with holes 
drilled along their length and bungee-cords strung between them. By making a 
variable mount to pull them tighter you would change the length and 
cross-section, changeing the resistance. A simple, cheap, and easily 
repairable infinately variable resistor scaleable to any size for use in 
resistive smoothing ballesting for a larger inductive ballested system.

Ok....now someone test this idea and tell me why it doesn't work. :) I've 
had ideas like this before....remember the oil-water capacitor....lol




duck




Christopher A. Boden Geek#1
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