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   Message 70,995 of 72,318   
   Bob Engelhardt to All   
   Re: Really basic transistor question   
   27 Mar 19 17:28:50   
   
   From: BobEngelhardt@comcast.net   
      
   jurb & default - thanks for your replies.  I will go with a relay, but I   
   did find an interesting transistor solution.  It uses 2 serial MOSFET's   
   head-to-head (or "back-to-back", or "anti-serial") with a common gate   
   signal.  When one MOSFET is on, the other is conducting through its body   
   diode.   
      
   This is appealing for it's elegance, but also for the good MOSFET   
   availability, they can be driven with logic, reliable, small, ... .  But   
   the relay is fail-safe - NC contacts conduct even with no power to the   
   logic.   
      
   Thanks again   
      
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