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Re: Tesla Diodes home made?



Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> Hi, i have heard that a rectifier can be made from common parts and could
> rectify a tesla coil output?
> 
> Does any one have any more info on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt G.

	You need to be a lot more selective in your reading!  Terminals of
dissimilar geometry (needle and plate, for example) do rectify, but not
suitable for such high voltage.  Do you know what to expect if you could
rectify the HV successfully?

Ed