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The old style rectifier that Dave mentioned was probably a selenium rectifier. Let the smoke out of one when I was a kid, not pleasant, cleared the room! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium_rectifier
Finally, Chris how could you!! If throwing tea into the harbour wasn’t crime enough, you damn Americans had the audacity to dress up as Red Indians to try to blame it on a minority!! Didn’t work though, we British saw through the scam! 🙂
Roger says
The old style rectifier that Dave mentioned was probably a selenium rectifier. Let the smoke out of one when I was a kid, not pleasant, cleared the room!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium_rectifier
For something really impressive use a mercury arc rectifier.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt-a8fxgtno
Finally, Chris how could you!! If throwing tea into the harbour wasn’t crime enough, you damn Americans had the audacity to dress up as Red Indians to try to blame it on a minority!! Didn’t work though, we British saw through the scam! 🙂