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To: TideGlider who wrote (2751)5/29/1999 4:24:00 AM
From: Marshall  Respond to of 3795
 
Yes, but I'd almost prefer to call it a "linear transformer"
This phenomenon was discovered ages ago when the hired hand was repairing an electric fence and got one hell of a shock. He went to accuse his employer of turning the thing back on but he was home for lunch and the fence charger wasn't even on. Science finally figured it out - true story.