Re: Magnetic Rectifier

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Original poster: <davep@xxxxxxxx>


> I'm glad you came to Tesla's defense on the Magnetic Rectifier! I  have
> asked one of the fields experts at my university about that
> patent in specific. (No.413,353 Method for Obtaining Direct from
> Alternating Currents) He was sure that a net DC wave would result.
  At what efficiency?

> I plan on putting together a proof of concept experiment very soon. I
> think this would be a great way of getting High Voltage High Power DC
> to a Tesla Coil System.

> Let the naysayers nay, for history will surely educate them.
  Sometimes the naysayers are right.

>> This rectifier design was for use with DC motor driven trams, as I
>> recall, and the motors did not require "pure" DC to operate.

  They do require reasonably pure DC to operate EFFICENTLY and for
  extended periods, with low maintainance.

> I've studied the rectifier design, and I expect the output would have been
> predominantly DC with a rather large AC component riding on top. The
> rectifier would have been virtually impossible to blow, unlike the
> selenium and vacuum tube types back in the early days.

> Indeed, I would think that there would be an interest in this group for
> a rectifier that could supply enough power to run multi-kilowatt loads
   Essentially every modern RR has a nice, solid state, rectifier,
   driving a multi MEGAwatt load.

    best
     dwp