Last summer, Foutz filmed video of Rudy Severns discussing his ebook, "Snubber Circuits for Power Electronics", at his mountain-top offices, lab, and library in Oregon.

An RC Snubber in its basic form consists of a resistor and capacitor wired in series across the relay contacts. Although it may not seem very likely, this basic RC setup is surprisingly effective in ...

Without a snubber circuit, arcing often leads to early failures in relays, switch contacts, and solid-state components such as SCRs and TRIACs.

A Zobel is an impedance matching circuit often used with loudspeakers. A Zobel circuit is also known as a Boucherot cell or somewhat incorrectly as an RC snubber. The nominal impedance of a ...