anorton wrote:
"Rich Grise" wrote in message
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Just a techie nitpick - commutator brushes produce "arcs" - "sparks" are
the things that a grinder makes. (although if the arcs melt or vaporize
the commutator or brush material, the flying glowing things would be
"sparks.") :-)

(possibly interesting to note - my automatic spell checker doesn't like
"commutator" or "vaporize.")

I suppose your car has "arc plugs" then? How about spark-gap transmitters
and switches, are they misnamed? What about the Merriam-Webster
dictionary? "2 a : a luminous disruptive electrical discharge of very
short duration between two conductors separated by a gas (as air) b : the
discharge in a spark plug c : the mechanism controlling the discharge in a
spark plug "

If there is any difference, "spark" usually refers to a transient
discharge and an arc is sustained.

Why do you insist on posting so much crap in such an authoritarian manner
when in fact you have no idea?

Can I plead "brain fart?"

Sorry for being such a boob.

Thanks,
Rich