Martin_H wrote:
However, 38 mA seems small enough that switching diodes would work here too.
Does my reasoning seem sound?
What a delightfully silly project!
And yes, switching diodes should be fine, as they're generally rated for more current than that.
I like the counter idea. However, it might take some monkeying to make it work. To form each flip-flop, I'm imagining you'll have two relays cross-coupled to form a multivibrator, is that right? And there'll be some capacitors whose values need to be experimented with...
-- Jeff
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