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Thanks Ben and Al. FWIW, you are right on the money Al, that is what I meant, but it's like pissing into the wind with some folks.

It seems to me that the only excercise that Pettyofficer is getting is jumping to conclusions. ;D
Hopefully he'll switch to decaf.

Pettyofficer, I can't even read or understand what you're writing, try inserting some breaks into your tirades.

You can do this by hitting the 'Enter' key twice.....try it. Your rambling may be less tedious and could even make you look more human. I will credit you for not mis-using the CAPS LOCK key.....those posts are also very difficult to read.

Cheers,
John

PettyOfficer -- I agree with at least most of your previous post, but I think that a misunderstanding may have arisen in this thread due to the term "power supply" being used by different posters to mean different things.

No one is saying that the dc current itself is "analog based." What is analog based is the circuit that generates it. The rectifying stage circuit IS the power supply, and it is an analog circuit.

The term "power supply," as used by most electrical engineers (of which I am one), and as I believe John was using the term, refers to a circuit, consisting of the rectifier, resistors, capacitors, etc., that you alluded to.

I can see how the words "power supply," in normal English usage, could be interpreted as referring to the current which is generated by that circuit, but it seems pretty clear that is not what was meant in this case.

Regards,
-- Al

Thanks for further clarifying what I was alluding to Al. I'm glad you were able to understand my interpretation of 'power supply'. Always good to have an EE handy to straighten out miscommunications. ;D

Cheers,
John

It sounds like someone who doesn't know what he is talking about, trying to pretend like he knows what he is talking about. Life is too short to have the wool pulled over one's eyes. I enjoy myself more when someone is NOT seriously trying to jerk my chain. Life is too long to allow such a gross conceptual error to continue!

I don't know. There may still be a conspiracy unfolding....at the very least, some real chain-pulling – and at worst, truly gross conceptual error…

Life IS too short for (this) type of behavior….

I don't know. There may still be a conspiracy unfolding....at the very least, some real chain-pulling – and at worst, truly gross conceptual error…

Life IS too short for (this) type of behavior….

Huh? What are you talking about, Ben? Or are you just trying to be inflammatory?

-- Al