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  1. 16th October 2008, 08:58 PM #1
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    Mercury Rectifier anyone??

    Well, ever seen what a 50 year old, designed pre WW2, 250VDC control system, battery backup charger looks like



    Nobody knows how it works, it just does
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  2. 16th October 2008, 09:00 PM #2
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    What my crappy phone pic doesn;t show, is the mercury bubbleing away in the bottom, along with the glow, that's absolute magic to watch, also the big fan underneath
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    Mercury arc valve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    I almost NEVER think of work out of hours, but this thing is very intrigueing, I've spent the last 2 days on floating DC earth faults
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    Mercury RECTIFIER...I think this thread should answer your question

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    No, seriously I have know idea what this gadget does.
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    So can we make a hybrid power unit for a car out of this
    Good find mate
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy K View Post
    Mercury RECTIFIER...I think this thread should answer your question

    Loo Papper

    No, seriously I have know idea what this gadget does.
    Converts AC to DC
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  7. 16th October 2008, 09:09 PM #7
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    Converts AC to DC
    Still lost after reading the Wikipedia attachment Oh well!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tommy K View Post
    Still lost after reading the Wikipedia attachment Oh well!
    Rectifier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    That is very VERY cool. Must be fantastic to see something like that in operation. I suppose it just looks like a constant glow? Does it emit much UV?
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    Quote Originally Posted by stirlsilver View Post
    That is very VERY cool. Must be fantastic to see something like that in operation. I suppose it just looks like a constant glow? Does it emit much UV?
    Constant glow with arcing through it

    They have another type of rectifier, that spins at a million miles an hour with a MASSIVE arc over in the briquette factory, (Inever got a photo) that Siemens contacted them a few years ago, asking them for it, as they wanted to put one in a museum as they're extinct and no longer in use world wide, they were told they couldn;t have it, as they're still in operation

    Dunno about the UV, I ain't getting to close to it, the fugger will pop on me or something nasty will happen, like a black hole/vortex or something
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