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    Magnetic DC operational amplifiers

    I have already made the amplifier in this drawing and it works. One can imagine a DC bias winding at the input and a similar DC source added to the output so that the signal input and output can swing through zero. Or alternately a pair of these can be used in opposition so that like a push...
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    Magnetic DC operational amplifiers

    I am not wanting to control any power, maybe milliwatts, but want DC gain of 1000 or better, and linear. Once the millivolt signal becomes some volts it is easy to read a meter. Is there any chance that you could scan a schematic?
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    Magnetic DC operational amplifiers

    "Last time I saw a mag-amp was just a year ago when a guy brought a design into a review. This was for a new product. We talked him out of it. They are cool to analyze. Fun too (if you're into math like me), " Is there any chance for a schematic or detailed description?
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    'Educated' opinions on climate change

    Isotopic analysis shows that the new carbon in the atmosphere came from coal and oil. We did it. You can't out argue 3000 top scientists with high priced oil company nonsense. What are you going to do when all fossil fuels are outlawed? Nature's way is mass starvation.
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    Is electric powered transpo the answer?

    I won't exchange my nice new battery for someone else's rat eaten beast. But I got solar and wind. I drove only 25 miles this week. So I need only a third of a battery. The block heaters are 100 watts and they go in the dipstick hole to warm up the oil and block. I came up with an old...
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    Magnetic DC operational amplifiers

    It is likely there were four toroids. The schematic is only my memory. Did the paint file get attached? Likely some dots are wrong. I looked at the Gegentaktvorstufe but cannot tell the resistors from the transformers, or input or output. I believe the top transformer is just for distributing...
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    Is electric powered transpo the answer?

    For short range cars battery technology is most easy. The only power source that I see after coal is outlawed (global warming) and natural gas runs out (nuke is already unpopular) is wind. Prices are coming down and the only real problem is transmission. Long haul transmission can overcome...
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    Magnetic DC operational amplifiers

    I am trying to learn the ancient art of magnetic amplifiers. Not power supplies but real DC operational totally magnetic amplifiers. I saw a schematic of a magnetic amplifier once at the University of New Orleans Physics Lab. It was used to amplify the millivolt output of our laboratory...
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    licensure/circuits

    Being new, I don't know what AHJ is or ETL. Should I conclude that any low power, battery powered, non RF transmitting, non medical, self contained, toy is safe from legal, license, or approval, requirements?

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