I didn't intend to offend you. I was just having a little fun - at your expense, I guess. I assumed you had posted an answer without reading the entire thread. I believe it has been established that the symbol represents a zener diode.
There is no need for hysteresis in the circuit, although it might work. As I said above, I believe we have established that it's an (old?) European symbol for a zener diode.
You didn't really offend me. I'd just been having a bad day. And I did skip some of the replies to the thread.
I don't understand why we still use different symbols to represent the same components (US symbol for resistor vs. european symbol for resistor), or the different symbols for caps.
If we all used 'Industry Standard' symbols things would be much easier.
I suppose it gives a good discussion topic anyways.
I believe that the current symbol has definitely replaced the other one. However, I use both indifferently and I still find the 'old' one in some schematics.
I believe that the current symbol has definitely replaced the other one. However, I use both indifferently and I still find the 'old' one in some schematics.