so i'm looking at a circuit board
and there is a clear plastic piece with a screw in the middle

does anybody know what it is called?
i have been looking online forever and i can't find it

9/9/2005 3:21:01 PM

pic?

9/9/2005 3:22:15 PM

um... a stand-off?

or a flux capacitor

9/9/2005 3:23:38 PM

i dont have a hook up for my camera as i am at work

but it is less than 1/2 inch tall, and is round, with a wing off to each side, one of which is taller than the other
it has a screw in the middle that doesn't want to come out, and has no head
it also has an exposed metal wire wrapped around it that goes into the wings and through the circuit board

isn't a flux capacitor the thing from back to the future??
if this doorbell could make me travel back in time
i would probably pick another item for my project!

[Edited on September 9, 2005 at 3:26 PM. Reason : k]

9/9/2005 3:25:27 PM

??

9/9/2005 3:41:41 PM

Looks like some kind of pot (potientiometer (sp))

9/9/2005 3:44:06 PM

I'd like to speculate, but then that is wasting time.

We need a pic for real, that drawing sucks a little bit of ass.

9/9/2005 3:45:44 PM

sounds like a spacer to keep the board from touching other shit(boards, metal), like the spacers used to keep motherboards from touching the case...

9/9/2005 4:10:05 PM

inductor...most def

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9/9/2005 4:17:52 PM

it looks like a coffee maker to me
i bet thats what it is

9/9/2005 4:33:23 PM

thanks guys


^^ is right according to my teacher

although it does look kind of like a coffee maker.

9/9/2005 6:06:56 PM

not many electrical engineers on this site

:-/

9/9/2005 6:09:47 PM

esgargs

We really need the turn ratio to make a good estimate on the flux linkages.

9/9/2005 6:11:11 PM

hahah

word

9/9/2005 6:11:53 PM

WHY YOU GOT TO LAG MY CURRENT

9/9/2005 6:14:57 PM

can I lag the voltage instead?

9/9/2005 6:18:05 PM

no lagging god damnit

9/9/2005 6:20:45 PM

MILLI-WEBERS

9/9/2005 6:33:23 PM