RE: The Geek Group Slingshot Resistor

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Original poster: "Oxandale, Terry by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Toxandale-at-SPP-dot-org>

Until they get too warm and snap apart, thus splatter hot guey rubber all
over the walls. The dog will run out howling and the women screaming and
children crying. No no no, not for me. 

(un)Terrt

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Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 10:57 PM
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Subject: The Geek Group Slingshot Resistor


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
President / C.E.O. / Alpha Geek
The Geek Group
www.thegeekgroup-dot-org
Because the Geek shall inherit the Earth!



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