That's called an OP amp or voltage comparator.  The feedback and set
point wiring can get complicated.
 I use an O82 because it will handle up to 36 volts..the only one I've
found that does.
Ken

At 02:14 AM 12/29/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>On Sat, 28 Dec 2002 18:01:35 -0700, "S & J Young"
><you...@konnections.net> wrote:
>
>>There is a device called a silicon FET current regulator diode that does the
>>trick.  This is really a small integrated circuit, shaped like a small
>>rectifier diode, that limits current flow to a set value.  The regulator
>>diodes are small cylinders with about a 1 inch wire coming out of each end
>>of the cylinder.  One end of the cylinder is marked with a band around it.
>
>Wow!!  I've been in electronics for 50 years and hadn't heard of these
>devices.  Thanks for the info.
>
>Now all we have to do is come up with a device that will shut off the
>generator when the electrode voltage gets below a certain point.   :)
>
>-- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF
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