Dear SI Colleagues: Please realize that the so called 20-H rule is a "Rule of Thumb" and that it is not a real engineering derived design rule except for the specific problem someone worked out when the rule was first derived. If you want to use it, then so be it, but recognize that other factors can overwhelm the benefits, so use it with care. Sincerely, ed sayre +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | NORTH EAST SYSTEMS ASSOCIATES, INC. | | ------------------------------------- | | "High Performance Engineering & Design" | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | Dr. Ed Sayre e-mail: esayre@xxxxxxxx | | NESA, Inc. http://www.nesa.com/ | | Primrose Park Tel +1.978.392-8787 | | 5 LAN Drive, Ste 200 Fax +1.978.392-8686 | | Westford, MA 01886 | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu