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Mike Raiford wrote:
> 30 AMPS? O_o
My kettle draws less than that.
(Still, it does operate at a drastically higher voltage...)
>> Does your wife know about this ?
>
> She does. She's surprisingly tolerant of my antics. ;)
Damn, nice job!
>>> The TTL version should be fun, too. I plan to have lots of LEDs to show
>>> what's happening inside the machine.
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>> I hope that you have comprehensive fire insurance :-P
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> We do! I think ... I better read my policy closer... I expect the relays
> will use quite a bit of current, which is why I want to be able to keep
> the thing as small as possible in the number of relays.
The nice thing about relays is that they're (usually) double-throw. That
means you need fewer relays than you would, say, transistors.
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