Re: Magnetic quenching.

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Original poster: "June Heidlebaugh" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com> 

The Edison cell rectifiers I used were made near the turn of the century
1900 were efficient and did not waste much energy or produce excess noise.
The were resonant ,tuning fork, rectifiers with 2 Cm square contacts that
buzzed at 60 hz. I used them till 1980 when the contacts were to thin and I
replaced the contacts with a diode. The contacts and tuning fork were
mounted on a 1/2" slab of slate for insulation. Heavy but worked well.
      Robert   H
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Subject: RE: Magnetic quenching.


 > Original poster: G <bog-at-cinci.rr-dot-com>
 >
 > Synchronous rectifiers would have been a possibility...
 >
 > Regrads,
 > Gregory
 >
 > >Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
 > >I have not done a lot of reading of Tesla's material.  I have to wonder
 > >how he managed to build a HV DC power supply?  Wasn't this before HV
 > >vacuum tube rectifiers were available?
 > >
 > >I can't imagine that the "blast" created by convection currents would be
 > >very effective.
 > >
 > >Gary Lau
 > >MA, USA
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