voltage limiter application

Yes.

I have a vague idea now!

Naughty .

As an undergraduate electrical engineering student you should know better than to post such a short question. More information please (I know what you are wanting but you really need to practice your writing and question asking skills).

Thank you.

you are right. i forgot to mention i would like to hear some of your ideas too, if possible

Hello m2babaey

I'm placing this Post right here, in order to help you.

You have not formed your question/s properly.

If I ask you to give me your ideas on mathematics, perhaps you would be typing for months or years too.

You are asking people for their ideas.

Ideas about something may have unexpected results: If you realise that an idea may not necessarily be about the actual subject, but may be in a negative way:

Example:

Question (Sadly "open-ended"): Please give me your ideas about diodes:

Answer: Diodes are not wheelbarrows, panes of glass, forest trees, elephants, glow-worms, or so many other things, which could be written here.

I may have a several thousand page book equivalent on Voltage Limiting (clipping) by diodes, and it may be all ideas in my head, and I have only one short lifespan here, thus if you can see that I don't want to spend the next 5+ years of my life typing all those ideas out for you here.

Nor would CR4 appreciate a post several thousand pages in length..

The same may well go for other Members here, there may be tens of thousands of ideas on the subject, thus millions of ideas in total.

If you just give an extremely general (open-ended) question, you may not actually receive useful answers.

Perhaps you may think I am being facetious, with my diode example above. Not so, because the example answer, and millions more, are perfectly valid as answers to the "open-ended" question.

If you are more specific, it may be possible to help you.

Looking forward to your reply, with thanks.

Kind Regards....

Hi again,

what you (as probably native English speakers) understand from "idea" may be different from my understanding. That's not your fault of course; but mine. Sometimes new people to a language use direct translation in their communication. I think that was the problem, because in my mother tongue, it is not strange when we " ask for other's ideas" when we want to get some basic or elementary information.

Thanks anyways

So what type of voltages do you want to limit? You can limit small voltages using IC's (Just learnt that!) You can protect against spikes in the voltage going to your house of place of work! The subject has a very large scope as you can well understand! Do you have a specific voltage range in mind, eg. Voltages that are found in control systems or computers, voltages that are found in the house or place of work, voltages that are higher than that? We want to help but we cannot focus on what you really want help with.

If all you need is basic or elementary information then "Google" it or check "Wikipedia" for information that is already clearly thought out and typed rather than ask people to spend their time thinking it over and trying to re-write what has already been done. Once you have done the basic research and have enough knowledge to ask a question beyond what is readily answered by researching the internet then come back and ask a direct question. This is not a good forum for basic research, all of those answers are readily available on the internet. This is not face to face communication nor is it a chat room. This stuff can get complicated fast and if you are not ready to ask a clear question with specific parameters it can get very convoluted and messy. Not to sound rude but it gets frustrating when people ask us to type up a complete introductory lesson when that has already been done and a little extra effort on your part can save a lot of effort on ours.

www.google.com

Hello again m2babaey

Edit your Profile, to show Location:

If you go to your "Edit Profile", at bottom right of this page, in the "Logged In" box, add your location.

If you had your Location listed, then we might know that English is not your first language, and make allowance for that.

Meanwhile, to learn about your subject, refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode

At the above weblink, there are explanations, and hundreds of hyperlinks to extend your basic knowledge.

Learning Principle:

It is sometimes impossible to understand something which requires knowledge more basic to understand it - It is similar to trying to build a brick wall without part of the foundation in place - you need the building blocks below, already in place, to continue to build upwards.

In the above brick wall example, it is possible to place a support beam across a gap, and continue, this is done for window and door openings in the brickwork. But a building with random holes of different sizes and shapes is not going to be good to look at, or very strong either.

Thus it it the same with learning, subjects are best learned from basis principles, in that way the subject knowledge is strong.

That is why it is often best to try a Search Engine First: add the search terms, so in Google Search Engine try: diode voltage clipping

That way you have almost immediate access to webpages, and you can choose what you want from there, by further refinement, such as Search Terms: diode voltage clipping zener

Thus by careful use of Search Terms in an Internet Search Engine, the information you need is found quite quickly.

The Internet has trillions of webpages which have been cached locally by Internet Search Engines, a wonderful free facility, and easy to use.

Trust the above helps you.

If you are still requiring help, please advise here, with your reply.

Please don't be embarrassed about your understanding of the English Language, I had trouble learning it too.

Kind Regards....

I do too.

Kind Regards....

not only one !!

Another non-diode application is clipping the sense of a question in a way that noone can answer it on an intelligent way any more !

Never mind your English knowledge. I guess, half of us are not native english speakers. So what? You can draw?

The single biggest source of frustration for the questioneer and advisers too is questions like:

What do I do for XYZ limiting.: Mechanical, money, manpower, voltage.,government regulations.....WHAT?!?

Take your time to ask an as well described question, as you are able to. Too much information is NEVER a problem, too little ALWAYS. Formulating a detailed question will lead your thinking toward solution too. And it is not nice to ask your advisors to act as a dentist too (getting info. like pulling teeth).!!