Re: DC? was: mechanical bridge rectifier

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

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz 
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>
 >
 > It did not sound like a "it cannot be done" as much as people complaining
 > about sticking contacts on a different type of mechanical rectifier. The
 > magnet based vibrating reed rectifiers are not the same as the rotary ones.
 > It still makes sense both make lots of inteference and have times of no
 > power output while switching between the different polarities of the AC
 > input.
 >
 > KEN

	Speaking of vibrating-reed rectifiers, I just realized that all of the
"synchronous vibrators" used to provide B+ in car radios fell into that
category.  Set their own timing, of course.

	The rotary type can be made with brushes as well as spark gaps, and
that's in effect how the commutator in a DC generator works.

Ed