
IN RESPONSE TO MAKE: VOLUME 50
“Use a meter to measure the resistance ...
which should be zero.” (“Sound Squeezer,”
Volume 50, page 81.) No, it should read
infinity, not zero. Zero resistance is a dead
short, which you do not want in a capacitor.
—Gordon Martin, Mississauga, ON
Love your magazine, but on
occasion its accuracy leaves
something to be desired. Case
in point: screw nomenclature
(“Turning Heads,” Volume 50,
page 34). The head of the screw
is the shape of the head, not the
screwdriver shape (flat head, oval
head, fillister head, button head,
etc.). Flat blade, Phillips, hex head,
square or Robertson, torx, hex-
socket head, or Allen ...