Re: magnetron tubes?

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Original poster: "Marry Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Hi All.

	Please don't blast me if I'm wrong here, but couldn't magnetrons
(WITHOUT THE MAGNETS INSTALLED!) be used as normal tube rectifiers?  I
too have a few magnetrons sitting around, but they are waiting in line
to replace the battle scarred unit in my "play" microwave :-)).

Winston

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun-dot-com>
> 
> OK, now that I have some Microwave Oven Transformers for a TC power supply, I
> also have some magnetron tubes, isn't there anything we can use these for
> (besides generating microwaves), I hate to throw out something potentially
> useful?
> 
> -Peter Lawrence