-=> MIKE ROSS wrote to JASEN BETTS <=-

 MR> "Jasen Betts" wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (30 Oct 02  20:12:03)
 MR>  --- on the topic of "Re: BATTERY PACKS"

 JB> nah, because a when an SCR fires it begins to conduct in a small area
 JB> of the junction first and then this area spreads to cover the whole
 JB> junction.

 MR> No, no, be serious, these things are well designed to trigger all over
 MR> at once by their tight geometry otherwise they would fry a lot more
 MR> frequently when dealing with reactive loads.

With those you're supposed to use snubber circuits both to prevent 
damage from voltage spikes and to keep them from self triggering 
because of gate capacitance.
 

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