Re: slightly off topic

Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
> Mark Radabaugh wrote:
>> Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>> The thing that has me stopped (if the absence of a heat sink and 
>>> other objections were not enough) is this:  I can not conceive of a 
>>> two-terminal voltage regulator.
>> Zener diode? 
> 
> Regulating the North American Grid?

I mean besides the ZD being kindasorta ill-fitted for AC service anyway.

A rudimentary DC regulator would be three terminals  minimum, I think

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