schuyler grace wrote:
>
> Joe Curry wrote:
>
> > For all the "current flows both directions" or "it doesn't matter"
> > partisans out there. If that is so, Please explain to me how diodes
> > work!
> >
> > Dan, Watch what kinds of responses I get!
>
> Joe,
>
> Everyone knows that diodes work because they use magic paint for the
> little bands on their cathode ends. This stuff separates (by means
> never to be fathomed) the holes from the electrons and sends each off in
> the opposite direction of the other; otherwise, you'd just have all your
> electrons falling into the holes (aka, oblivion).
>
> BTW, be very careful not to spill one of those dead batteries that
> discharged from sitting on your concrete garage floor. It will be full
> of holes, and shades of Wile E. Coyote, you'll end up with one big hole
> that's large enough to swallow the average LBC. If you don't believe
> me, just take a gander at any well worn battery box -- chances are quite
> a few of those pesky holes have spilled out over the years and
> accumulated in it's bottom.
>
> Right, Dan?
>
> -Schuyler (I knew five years of EE study at Ga Tech would pay off
> eventually)
Oh......I always thought that diodes operate on FM principles.
Joe Curry
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