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Crowbar (tool) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (263 words) |
 | A crowbar is a tool consisting of a metal bar with one curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on the curved end for removing nails. |
| Crowbars are commonly used to open nailed wooden boxes. |
| Crowbars can be used as any of the three lever classes but are generally used as a 1st or 2nd class lever. |
| crowbar - definition of crowbar in Encyclopedia (179 words) |
| A crowbar is a tool consisting of a metal bar with a curved side and flattened extremities, often with a small fissure on one point. |
| An electrical crowbar operates by throwing a short circuit across the voltage source, much as if one dropped its mechanical namesake across the output terminals of the power supply. |
| Crowbar circuits are frequently implemented using an SCR (or thyratron) as the shorting device. |
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