Re: Low voltage zener diodes

On 10-10-2024 01:07 am, Phil Hobbs wrote:

Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 09-10-2024 08:22 pm, john larkin wrote:

On Wed, 9 Oct 2024 01:40:46 +0530, Pimpom <Pimpom@invalid.invalid>
wrote:
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I remember the first time I used an LM385. I live in a very remote, very
hilly part of India.

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Sounds interesting. What are the coordinates?
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My house is at about 23.723°N 92.7173°E which is on the southern side of
the state capital, a city of about 300K. The state is one twentieth the
size of California, sandwiched along most of its north-south length
between Bangladesh on the west and Burma to the east.
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Most of the state is on steep hillsides, with few flat and level areas.
The aerial distance to the sole airport in the state is about 14km and
31km by road. It used to be 43km before they found a way to bypass the
worst parts.
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Indigenous people make up roughly 90% of the population and have little
in common with mainstream India.
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Ah, so you’re one of those guys who used to come down from the hills and
take over Burma periodically, the way the Elamites and Medes did to Sumer.
Glad to know. ;)
 
Cheers
 
Phil Hobbs
 

:) :) Maybe we should do it again and kick out the military junta there.
It wasn't too long ago that my people were headhunters! The state - with
its 1 million citizens - is again being flooded by thousands of refugees
from Burma fleeing the poverty and oppression in their own country.
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I say 'again' because it was like this for decades before their brief
stint with democracy. We give them shelter, food and employment, even ad
hoc schools. They reward us with a sharp rise in crime - drugs, murder,
robbery, scams, rape, human trafficking......
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26 years ago, I went along with some friends to see the Governor about
establishing a municipality here. The talk diverged to other topics and
the Governor - a retired military officer appointed by the central
Indian government - said that 98& of all crimes in the state were
committed by these illegal immigrants from Burma. My own estimate had
been 85-90%.